Background:
Reider M. Juliussen, plaintiff, filed this action under the Jones Act after falling on board the ship which he works and injuring his right knee. Buchanan is Juliussen's employer and operator of the ship.

Juliussen worked as a Mate for Buchanan. Juliussen obtained a license upon completion of a Coast Guard exam and the license identifies him as "an officer of the vessel that he serves on" and therefore, outranked the deckhands.

Background:
Before this Court was a motion by defendant, General Maritime Management, to disregard a jury verdict in favor of Marin Dumitrescu or alternatively, for a new trial. Marin was awarded $790,000 by a jury in a Jones Act claim he brought against General Maritime for injuries sustained while working as a seaman aboard General's vessel.

Marin was 50 years of age and worked aboard General's vessel. Marin had a pre-employment physical examination and was found fit for duty and was assigned the task of fabricating a winch cover with another fitter.

Background:
Plaintiff, Joseph Collick, brought this action under general maritime law against defendants Weeks Marine (former employer) and Haztek Inc. Collick also moved to enjoin Weeks from failing to pay him maintenance and cure.

Collick worked for Weeks as a marine construction worker. His first project involved construction of a pier. Weeks was assigned to a particular crane barge. While Weeks employees on the barge were using the crane to position a heavy piece of concrete , the concrete got hung up on a piece of rebar protruding from another piece of concrete.

Case Name: Joseph Verga v. Rotterdam Express, et al.
Date Decided: December 1, 2009
Court: U.S.D.C. Eastern District of New York
Judge: Judge Pollack
Citation: 2009 WL 4363444 (E.D.N.Y.)

Background:
Plaintiff, Joseph Verga, brought action against defendants alleging that he suffered injuries as a result of defendants' negligent failure to inspect the vessel, known as Rotterdam Express, and provide Verga with a safe place to work.  Specifically, Verga brought this action under the Longshore Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, LHWCA, against Rotterdam Express and Hapag-Lloyd for negligence of a vessel.