Ali

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ABDULATAEF ALI, Case No. 20-cv-08122-HSG

8 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACTS AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

9 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 130, 122 10 PASHA HAWAII HOLDINGS, LLC, 11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Abdulataef Ali (“Plaintiff”) alleges that he fell and was injured while working 14 aboard the M/V MARJORIE C as an employee of Defendant Pasha Hawaii Holdings, LLC 15 (“Defendant”). See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 3-4. Plaintiff sued Defendant under the Jones Act, 16 46 U.S.C. § 30104, for negligence “and under the general maritime law for unseaworthiness, 17 maintenance, and cure.” Id. ¶ 2. Plaintiff seeks damages for, among other things: pain and 18 suffering; loss of earnings and earning capacity; hospital, pharmaceutical and other cure expenses; 19 mental anguish; and maintenance, cure, punitive damages, and attorney fees. See id. ¶ 5. 20 The matter was tried to the Court, sitting without a jury, from December 12, 2022 to 21 December 14, 2022, and on January 9, 2023. On April 10,…