AADLAND v. BOAT SANTA RITA II, INC.

No. 20-2073.

42 F.4th 34 (2022)

Magnus AADLAND, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BOAT SANTA RITA II, INC.; Boat Santa Rita III, Inc.; Francis A. Patania; Salvatore Patania, Jr., Defendants, Appellees, F/V Linda, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott W. Lang , with whom Catherine Kramer , Lang Xifaras & Bullard, Andrew B. Saunders , and Saunders & Saunders, LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Francis McSweeney , with whom Joseph A. Regan and Regan & Kiely, LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Thompson and Hawkins, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns a suit that Magnus Aadland brought in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the owners of a fishing vessel on which he was a seaman. He alleges that the owners breached a federal common law obligation under admiralty law that is known as the duty of cure. He contends...

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