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McWILLIAMS v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 84-3451.

781 F.2d 514 (1986)

Jesse F. McWILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, Philip Henderson, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Edward F. Kohnke, IV, James R. Silverstein, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN and GEE, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, a seaman complains of three errors in the trial of his Jones Act1 negligence suit: (1) the submission of the case to the jury by a general, rather than a special verdict; (2) the improper grant of a directed verdict as to the rate at which he was entitled to receive maintenance; and, (3) the entry of a directed verdict against his claim for punitive damages for his employer's allegedly willful...

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