District Court, S.D. New York August 17, 2004, No. 02 CIV. 7158(DF) (Carmody v. Pronav Ship Management, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FREEMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case, before me on consent pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), was brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and general maritime law by David L. Carmody, who, in August 2000, became severely ill while serving as Chief Engineer on a large tanker ship, en route from Japan to Indonesia. Mr.