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BREESE v. AWI, INC.

No. 86-3607. Summary Calendar.

823 F.2d 100 (1987)

James BREESE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. AWI, INC., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronnie C. Penton, Jesse L. Wimberly, III, Slidell, La., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Wood Brown, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee cross-appellant.

Before RANDALL, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

James Breese, Jr., a disabled seaman, appeals the district court's determination that he was not entitled to recover attorney's fees and punitive damages from AWI, Inc., for AWI's purported bad faith failure to pay him maintenance and cure following his heart attack. Because we agree with Breese that AWI's investigation of his claim for maintenance and cure was impermissibly lax, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for...

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