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Grimes v. Raymond Concrete Pile Company…

I find equally untenable the other possible basis for the Court's action-that petitioner's sporadic work for a few hours on the barge, a minor incident to his continuing employment as a pile driver on the tower, could be found to transform him at the time of the accident into a seaman and a member of the crew of the barge. If the 'standing' requirements of the Jones Act are still to be regarded as having any real content, I can find no room for debate that this individual is not a seaman, unless a 'seaman' is to mean nothing more than a person injured while working at sea.
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Grimes v. Raymond Concrete Pile Company…

The Court of Appeals is said to have erred in holding the evidence insufficient to warrant a jury finding that petitioner was a 'member of a crew of any vessel,' and thus entitled to avail himself of the remedies for seamen provided by the Jones Act. (245 F.2d 440.) See Swanson v. Marra Bros., Inc., 328 U.S. 1, 66 S.Ct. 869, 90 L.Ed. 1045. In view of the fact that it has long been settled that a 'member of a crew' is one who is 'naturally and primarily on board (a vessel) to aid in * * * navigation,' South Chicago Coal & Dock Co.
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