Leopoldo Morales v. Garijak, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1987-10-19

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ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge: A shipowner challenges an assessment of compensatory damages and attorney’s fees for its failure to pay maintenance and cure to an injured seaman. Finding substantial *1357 evidence to support the jury verdict that the shipowner acted unreasonably, we uphold the award of compensatory damages, but because the evidence is insufficient to…

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