DOWNER v. AQUAMARINE OPERATORS, INC.

No. C-4141.

701 S.W.2d 238 (1985)

Ida E. DOWNER, Petitioner, v. AQUAMARINE OPERATORS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O'Quinn, Frank M. Staggs, Jr., O'Quinn & Hagans, Houston, for petitioner.

Terry P. Ayre and Thomas A. Brown, Brown, Sims, Wise & White, Houston, for respondent.


WALLACE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in a suit brought under the Jones Act and under admiralty law. The trial dealt only with damages because the trial court struck the defendant's answer as a discovery abuse sanction and signed an interlocutory default judgment as to liability. The court of appeals reversed the trial court judgment, holding that the action of that court was an error of law and...

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