Glynn v. Roy Al Boat Management Corp.

57 F.3d 1495 1995 A.M.C. 2022 , 64 USLW 2012 Christopher Gerald GLYNN, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. ROY AL BOAT MANAGEMENT CORP.; Daniel J. Shawhan, in personam; F/V No Problem, O.N. 650399, her engines, equipment, appurtenances, catch, in rem; F/V Full Moon, her engines, equipment, appurtenance, cargo freight and catch, in rem, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Nos. 93-15546, 93-15681. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1994. Decided June 21, 1995. Jay Lawrence Friedheim and Joe P. Moss, Friedheim & Moss, Honolulu, HI, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. James E. Ross, James E. Ross & Associates, Houston, TX, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Hawai'i. Before: FARRIS, BEEZER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. Opinion By Judge RYMER * ; Dissent by Judge RYMER. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 These appeals require us to decide who can be an "employer" for purposes of a seaman's suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. Sec. 688, the propriety of punitive damages and attorney's fees awarded on a claim for failure to pay maintenance and cure, and whether the…