( July 29, 2026, 10:18 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge directed a seaman alleging serious health conditions and the owner of the vessel on which he was injured to meet for a settlement conference after granting the vessel owner’s motion for partial summary judgment as to the seaman’s claims for maintenance and cure benefits as to his pulmonological injuries but denying its motion for summary judgment as to causation of his neurological injuries, as to which the judge found material disputes of fact remain....