Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

The Jones Act, a federal law that governs maritime commerce and protects the rights of seamen, is originally codified in 1920 as 46 U.S.C. section 688, and later re-codified as U.S.C. Section 3010 in 2006.  The Jones Act provides that a shipowner has a duty to use care to ensure that a seaman has a [...]