Engineer on Vessel Not Within Jones Act, LHWCA

The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a plaintiff's injury claim under the Jones Act, and suit against a vessel, is barred because he was injured while performing his regular duties as an employee on a dredging operation.In Stewart v. Dutra Constr. Co., Inc. (09/04/03 - No. 02-1713), Dutra is a dredging company hired by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to perform drilling, blasting, and dredging work for an immersed tube tunnel under Boston Harbor. Dutra used the dredge SUPER SCOOP and the Scow 4 for this work. Dutra hired Willard Stewart, a marine engineer, to maintain the me...