L.C. Johnson v. Marlin Drilling Company

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• finding that the Vaughan rule required that any evidence of a possibility of physical improvement negated any opinion that the seafarer had reached maximum medical improvement
• remanding for evidentiary hearing on claim to reinstate maintenance and cure payments
• applying Vaughan to resolve conflicts in medical evidence in seaman’s favor
• applying Vaughan to resolve conflicts in medical evidence in seaman's favor
• “Payments may be terminated when it is determined that the seaman has reached maximum medical cure.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).