Topic: the key to seaman status is employment-related connection t… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander.

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1 McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander Anchor
scotus · 1991
green “the key to seaman status is employment-related connection to a vessel in navigation.” 15
2 Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.
ca1 · 1941
green “one who does any sort of work aboard a ship in navigation” 2
3 Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.
ca1 · 1941
green “one who does any sort of work aboard a ship in navigation is a 'seaman' within the meaning of the jones act.” 2

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