Michael G. Olsen v. American Steamship Company

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a seaman has three causes of action available to him: first, an action for maintenance and cure; second, an action for unseaworthiness; and third, a negligence action under the Jones Act
• noting that “a shipowner is liable for the negligence of an on-shore physician that it hires to treat a crewman,” and may be vicariously liable “when the shipowner selects a doctor who acts negligently” (citing De Centeno, 798 F.2d at 140)
• “[T]he shipowner is liable for the negligence of an onshore physician that it hires to treat its crewman.”
• “[T]he shipowner is liable for the negligence of an on-shore physician that it hires to treat a crewman.”
• “[I]f any previously plead claim or defense is not included in the final pretrial order, it shall be waived.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).