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MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP. v. NARVAEZ

No. 01-86-0535-CV.

728 S.W.2d 924 (1987)

MARITIME OVERSEAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Felipe NARVAEZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Greene, III, Crain, Caton, James & Womble, Houston, for appellant.

Newton B. Schwartz, Newton B. Schwartz, P.C., Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and SAM BASS and LEVY, JJ.

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The appellee sued the appellant, his employer, for injuries sustained while he was working as a seaman aboard the S/T OVERSEAS JOYCE, a sea-going tanker operated by the appellant as an agent for the owner. The appellee sought recovery for appellant's alleged negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. sec. 688 (1982), and for the alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel under general maritime law. He also sought maintenance and cure...

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