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TOUCET v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP.

No. 92-1244.

991 F.2d 5 (1993)

Angel TOUCET, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. Quinn with whom Dante Mattioni, Francis X. Kelly, Mattioni, Mattioni & Mattioni, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA, and Antonio Jimenez Miranda, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, PR, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and SKINNER, Senior District Judge.

SKINNER, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Angel Toucet, a seaman, brought this action against his employer, Maritime Overseas Corporation, seeking damages for a back injury suffered aboard the defendant's vessel, the Overseas Alaska. Toucet alleged negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and unseaworthiness under general maritime law. After trial, a jury returned a special verdict in Toucet's favor...

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