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HARMS MARINE SERVICE, INC. v. SWIERE

No. 6842.

411 S.W.2d 602 (1966)

HARMS MARINE SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. Eugene SWIERE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, Feagin W. Windham, Orange, for appellant.

John L. Fulbright, Beaumont, John T. Lindsey, Port Arthur, for appellee.

PARKER, Justice.

Eugene Swiere sued Harms Marine Service, Inc., for (1) damages under the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly referred to as the Jones Act, (2) maintenance and cure under the General Admiralty Law, and (3) damages for failure to pay maintenance and cure, also under the General Admiralty Law. Trial was to a jury with the jury findings favorable to the plaintiff on his cause of action for damages under the Jones Act and judgment for the defendant notwithstanding...

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