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First Department, April 25, 2006
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City (Thomas M. Canevari and Zachary M. Barth of counsel), for appellants.
Law Offices of Sanford F. Young, P.C., New York City (Jan B. Rothman and Sanford F. Young of counsel), and Law Offices of Steven Thaler, P.C., New York City, for respondent.
{**30 AD3d at 102} OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.P.
This dispute concerns the validity of an agreement to arbitrate a claim arising out of injuries sustained by petitioner Nicholas Schreiber while serving as a seaman in the employ of [*2]respondents K-Sea Transportation Corp. and K-Sea Transportation LLC (collectively, K-Sea). At issue is whether the injured seaman has waived the right to "maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury," as conferred by the Jones Act (46 USC Appendix

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