PRIMARY-DUTY DOCTRINE
primary-duty doctrine. Maritime law. The principle that a seaman cannot recover damages if the injury arose from an unseaworthy condition created by the seaman’s breach of duty.
[Blacks Law 8th]
primary-duty doctrine. Maritime law. The principle that a seaman cannot recover damages if the injury arose from an unseaworthy condition created by the seaman’s breach of duty.
[Blacks Law 8th]