DEL MONTE BANANA CO. v. CHACON

No. 83-2429.

466 So.2d 1167 (1985)

DEL MONTE BANANA Company and Federal Transport, Inc., Appellants, v. Jonathan Chacon, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and William C. Norwood and Brett A. Rivkind, Miami, for appellants.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold Ginsberg; Huggett & Martucci, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

The defendants appeal a final judgment entered against them on a jury verdict for compensatory damages and maintenance and cure. We reverse.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants for physical and mental injuries he received from an accident which allegedly occurred while he was working on the defendants' ship. At trial, the plaintiff presented evidence and testimony which indicated that he was injured on the ship when a mate...

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