Jon Anthony Jauch, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Nautical Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

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• finding requisite connection when new back injury was “virtually identical” to previous back injury
• finding requisite connection when new back injury was “virtually identical” to previous back injury
• “Past instances of back injury, some severe enough to require extensive treatment, are certainly facts material to [a defendant’s] decision to hire [a plaintiff].”
• “If the vessel owner would have employed the seaman even had the requested disclosure been made, concealment will not bar the seaman’s recovery of maintenance and cure.”
• “[T]he district court’s denial of [the plaintiff]’s claim for maintenance and cure had no legal effect on his entitlement to recover Jones Act damages for his past medical expenses.”
• “A seaman may recover maintenance and cure even for injuries or illnesses pre- existing the seaman’s employment unless that seaman knowingly or fraudulently concealed his condition from the vessel owner at the time he was employed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).