Does the Jones Act apply between an employer and an employee?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Klarman v. Santini, 503 F.2d 29 (2nd Cir. 1975):

6 As the court recognized, the Jones Act applies only between employees and their employers. Mahramas v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., 475 F.2d 165, 170 (2 Cir. 1973).

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