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REED v. SEACOAST PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 83-889.

458 So.2d 971 (1984)

Levene REED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEACOAST PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

On Rehearing November 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Robert W. Clements, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Raleigh Newman, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Seacoast Products, Inc., and its insurer appeal jury findings of unseaworthiness, Jones Act negligence, liability for maintenance and cure, and an allegedly excessive damage award, while the plaintiff, Levene Reed, answers the appeal asking for increases in the damage award and attorney's fees, and an award for punitive damages. We increase attorney's fees from $700 to $7500, award punitive damages of $175,000, and otherwise affirm, finding no merit...

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