Since the enactment of the Jones Act, courts have wrestled to define "seaman" and who is entitled to remedies under the Jones Act. The Jones Act grants a "seaman" a negligence cause of action against ...
In denying an en banc rehearing of Adams v. All Coast, LLC, the Fifth Circuit held that not all Jones Act Seamen are FLSA Seamen. In Adams, as we detailed in February, the Court had reversed a ...