OPINION
TURK, Chief Judge.
These cases are before the court on the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The question of law involved in each is identical and one of first impression; accordingly, they have been consolidated for the purpose of this ruling.
The plaintiffs were Puerto Rican seamen who were injured while at work on their respective vessels when afloat on navigable waters outside the
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