Matter of Foreclosure of Tax Liens by County of Albany (Phoenix of Albany)

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• holding that the Jones Act “ ‘is entitled to a liberal construction to accomplish its beneficent purposes’ ”
• holding that the Jones Act \'is entitled to a liberal construction to accomplish its beneficent purposes'\
• holding that a seaman was “on [his employer’s] business while returning from shore leave, because shore leave for the crew is beneficial and necessary to [the employer’s] continued operation”
• “[I]ssues of negligence are ordinarily not susceptible of summary adjudication, but should be resolved by trial in the ordinary manner.”
• seaman's injury was related to his duty to return to the ship at a particular time and occurred while seaman was en route to vessel from shore leave
• “Thus, because Daughenbaugh was required to return to the ship before the appointed sailing time, he was acting in the course of his employment when, en route to the M/V Foy, he disap peared on the dock.”

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