Glynn J. Pelotto v. L & N Towing Company

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• recognizing that res judicata will not bar such subsequent suits
• treatment that will merely relieve pain and suffering without otherwise improving seaman's physical condition is not compensable under maintenance and cure framework
• “[S]eamen have always been accorded the right to bring serial suits to collect maintenance payments as they come due.”
• “Maintenance and cure are due without regard to the negligence of the employer . . . .”
• res judicata did not apply to seaman’s suit for maintenance and cure based on the peculiarity of those remedies in admiralty cases
• maintenance is a per diem living allowance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).