TOLAR v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT CO.

No. 78-3054.

618 F.2d 1193 (1980)

Michael TOLAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Creighton E. Miller, Miller, Stillman, Callaghan & Bartel, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Merritt W. Green, II, Green, Lackey, Newcomer & Harris, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK, LIVELY and JONES, Circuit Judges.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

In this Jones Act case the shipowner appeals from an award of $110,040 to a crew member who was injured while on duty. The case was tried before the district court without a jury. The opinion of the court contained findings that the defendant was negligent and the vessel unseaworthy, that the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent, and that the plaintiff was totally and permanently disabled from returning to his former occupation by reason...

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