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8 NACCA L.J. 133 (1951)
Comments on Recent Important Cases

handle is hein.journals/jatla8 and id is 133 raw text is: PART Iff ADMIRALTY LAW Comments on Recent Important Cases To produce the following digests and comments, your editors have read every case involving the rights of injured workmen under the Admiralty Law, as reported in the National Reporter System, since the last issue of the NACCA Law Journal (7 NACCA Law Journal, May 1951). These important cases have been selected and arranged under appropriate titles so that judges, lawyers and laymen can keep abreast of current decisions in Admiralty Law. Admiralty Cases Maintenance and Cure (Partial or reduced maintenance and cure during periods of later part-time shore employment - benefits under G. I. Bill no bar - sending seaman to paint on narrow shelf during heavy sea, as negligence - $85,907 under Jones Act for disc) A seaman was sent to a narrow shelf to paint the deck house while the ship was rolling. He slipped and fell, injuring his back (herniated disc). In a suit under the Jones Act, the jury awarded $35,907. In his action for maintenance and cure, an award was made for $4396, including time when he was working on shore, when getting payments under the G. I. Bill and when living with his mother. The shipowner appealed. Held: (1) On the maintenance and cure count, judgment modified. Shore employment is not an absolute bar to maintenance and cure, but it is a question of fact whether his injury prevents him from supporting himself. No maintenance and cure will be [133]