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POTTER v. GREAT FALLS INS. CO.

Docket: WCB-19-456.

243 A.3d 1188 (2020)

2020 ME 144

Darla J. POTTER v. GREAT FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: December 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Birocco, Esq. , and Chelsea Suvlu, Esq. (orally), Tucker Law Group, Bangor, for appellant Great Falls Insurance Company.

Kevin M. Noonan, Esq. (orally), McTeague Higbee, PA, Topsham, for appellee Darla J. Potter.

Michael Tadenev, Esq. , and Ryan P. Dumais, Esq. (orally), Eaton Peabody, Ellsworth, for appellee Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc.

Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ.

[¶1] The question presented in this appeal is whether Darla J. Potter—an aquaculture worker—is a "seaman" within the meaning of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.S. § 30104 (LEXIS through Pub. L. No. 116-214). The answer, based on the facts in this record, is no.

[¶2] Great Falls Insurance Company appeals from...

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