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Maintenance and Cure
5th Circuit Court of Appeals Declines to Alter Well-Established Principles of Maintenance and Cure Do Seamen and Fishermen Injured in the Service of the Ship Have a Right to Medical Care for Life? Rates of Maintenance in Contracts of Employment Not Enforced When too Low to Reimburse Reasonable Expenses for Recuperating Seamen Maria Should Contingent Fees Be Taken from Maintenance and Cure Recoveries? Local Federal Courts More Protective than State Supreme Court of Fishermen’s Right to Unearned Wages Fishing Company Makes 'Home Invasion' Motion The Effect of Maintenance Payments on: 1) Unemployment Compensation; and, 2) Child Support Obligations Are Punitive Damages Available for the Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure? The Status of Maintenance (For Seamen) and Child Support in Washington After Aguilera v. F/T Alaska Juris, 535 F.3d 1007. 2008 AMC 1845 (9th Cir. 2008) Punitive Damages Now Available for Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure Suing Ronald Reagan . . . My First Maritime Case Don't Be Fooled by the IRS Medical Mileage Deduction When Seamen are Reimbursed for Travel to Medical Appointments Vessel Owners Have Obligation to Authorize Medical Treatment in Advance . . . Maybe Shipowner Liable for Unknown Illnesses that Manifest after Seaman Has Left the Service of the Ship Shipowners Can No Longer Escape Their Maintenance and Cure Obligations Simply by Purchasing a Contrary Medical Opinion Icicle Seafoods Using Alaska Workers' Compensation to Cheat Processors out of Maintenance and Cure When Setting Rates of Maintenance for Seamen with a House and Family, Should the Entire Mortgage Payment Be Taken Into Account? Are Unearned Wages and Maintenance Payable Beyond Maximum Cure? Don’t Concede the First and Last Days of the Maintenance Obligation Too Much Seatime
