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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Vitter denies a request by an onshore physician to dismiss, on jurisdictional grounds, the medical malpractice claims against by the employer of a seaman on an offshore vessel who alleges that the doctor’s communications with an onboard medic resulted in a misdiagnosis and delay in treatment for a stroke. The activity giving rise to the seaman’s injuries has a sufficient connection to traditional maritime activity to support the exercise of the court’s admiralty tort jurisdiction.
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