AUSTIN v. SERVAC SHIPPING LINE

No. 85-2462.

794 F.2d 941 (1986)

Jim AUSTIN and Aulemic, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SERVAC SHIPPING LINE, Hassan A. Gaafar, Ind., and Lexington Insurance Co., Defendants, Lexington Insurance Co., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.S. Morgan, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, R. Jeffrey Coppock, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

David S. Prince, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Lexington Insurance Company (Lexington) appeals a judgment entered against it following a bench trial. Lexington presents several arguments calling for a complete reversal and the entry of a take-nothing judgment and several additional alternative arguments calling for a reduction of the damages assessed against it. While we reject the arguments calling for a complete reversal, we accept several of the damage reduction...

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