WILLIS v. TITAN CONTRACTORS CORP.

No. A2684.

625 S.W.2d 69 (1981)

Tommy WILLIS, Appellant, v. TITAN CONTRACTORS CORP., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, for appellant.

Marion E. McDaniel, Jr., Houston, for appellee.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C. J., and JUNELL and PRICE, JJ.


PRICE, Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries brought by appellant against his employer, Titan Contractors, as a seaman under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688) arising out of an injury received by appellant when he slipped on the bow of a motor skiff in the Houston Ship Channel. From an adverse jury verdict under a Jones Act submission, appellant brings this appeal, asserting seventeen points of error. We affirm.

In his principal points of appeal...

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