A seaman who suffers injury while engaged in the service of a vessel has legal remedies which are unavailable to any other worker. Unlike the typical shore-based employee, who is generally limited to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries occurring in the course and scope of his employment, an injured seaman has the following remedies available to him or her:
- Maintenance and cure;
- A claim against the vessel owner for the vessel’s “unseaworthiness”; and,
- A claim
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