Yahya M.A. Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, and the M/v Endurance, Yahya M.A. Omar v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., a Corporation, and the M/v Endurance, Defendants

813 F.2d 986 1987 A.M.C. 1890 , 22 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1297 Yahya M.A. OMAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., a foreign corporation, and the M/V ENDURANCE, Defendants-Appellants. Yahya M.A. OMAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., a corporation, and the M/V ENDURANCE, Defendants- Appellees. Nos. 85-4241, 85-4300. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 3, 1987. Decided March 27, 1987. Thomas M. Geisness, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Vincent R. Larson, Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Sea-Land appeals from a jury verdict for Yahya Omar, plaintiff in a personal injury suit arising from a fall on board one of Sea-Land's ships. Omar's suit included claims for maintenance and cure under general maritime law, for negligence under the Jones Act, and for breach of the warranty of seaworthiness. Sea-Land argues that Omar's use of fraudulent papers in obtaining employment bars him from receiving maritime remedies related to…