Substantive Law - Jones Act

Summary of Pennsylvania Decisions

Criswell v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 2015 PA Super 119 (Pa. Super., May 18, 2015)

Holding: In a claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 30104, a plaintiff need only prove whether the employer's negligence played any part, however slight, in causing the injury, not whether the employer's negligence was a substantial factor in causing the injury.