U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Case on What Constitutes Work 'Aboard Ship'

The United States Supreme Court will not be weighing in on a dispute over whether the time that a worker spent maintaining vessels that were dockside or ashore can be considered work time in service of a vessel in navigation for purposes of the Jones Act. The Jones Act does not define a "seaman," but the U.S. Supreme Court has said that a worker who spends less than 30% of his work time "aboard ship" presumably doesn't qualify for Jones Act coverage. Maryland's highest court last year ruled that the time spent by William Dize performing repairs and conducting insp...