Dextel Terrebonne v. K-Sea Transportation Corp., K-Sea Operating Partnership Lp, as Successor in Interest to K-Sea Transportation Corp.

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• holding that by agreeing to submit Jones Act claim to arbitral rather than judicial forum, seaman does not forgo substantive rights
• holding that the “maintenance and cure” provisions of an arbitration agreement, though “an intrinsic part of the employment relationship, [are] separate from the actual employment contract”
• holding that by agreeing to submit Jones Act claim to arbitral rather than judicial forum, seaman does not forgo substantive rights
• holding that FELA’s venue provision and accompanying case law prohibiting forum-selection clauses did not apply to the Jones Act
• “[M]aintenance and cure is an intrinsic part of the employment relationship, separate from the actual employment contract. . . . [it] cannot be contracted away.”
• “[M]aintenance and cure is an intrinsic part of the employment relationship, separate from the actual employment contract. . . . [it] cannot be contracted away.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).