US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 4.3
Jones Act—Unseaworthiness—Maintenance
and Cure (Seaman Status Not Contested)
Plaintiff [name], [a seaman], is asserting three separate claims against Defendant [name].
Plaintiff [name]’s first claim, under the federal law
known as the Jones Act, is that [his/her] employer,
Defendant [name], was negligent, and that this negligence was a cause of [his/her] injuries. Plaintiff [name]’s
second claim is that unseaworthiness of a vessel caused
[his/her] injuries. Plaintiff [name]’s third claim is for
what is called maintenance and cure.
You must consider each of these claims separately.
Plaintiff [name] is not required to prove all of these
claims. [He/she] may recover if [he/she] proves any one
of them. However, [he/she] may recover only those damages or benefits the law provides for the claims that
[he/she] proves, and [he/she] may not recover the same
damages or benefits more than once.
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- 2026-09-03
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- 2026-09-03
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