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JORDAN v. INTERCONTINENTAL BULKTANK CORP.

No. CA 90 2146.

621 So.2d 1141 (1993)

John E. JORDAN, v. INTERCONTINENTAL BULKTANK CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1993.

Writs Denied September 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry A. Bell, Atty., Belle Chasse, Patrick W. Pendley, Atty., Plaquemine, John M. Deakle, Atty., Hattiesburg, MS, for plaintiffs-appellees John E. Jordan and Emo Jean Jordan.

Patrick O'Keefe, Atty., Clayton G. Ramsey, Atty., Ira J. Rosenzweig, Atty., New Orleans, H. Alston Johnson, III, Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Intercontinental Bulktank Corp.

Before SHORTESS, CARTER, CRAIN, GONZALES and CHIASSON, JJ.

CRAIN, Judge.

This action is a suit in admiralty to recover compensatory and punitive damages and maintenance and cure for an injury sustained by the plaintiff seaman on board the defendant's vessel. The trial judge granted plaintiff's motion for a directed verdict on the issues of maintenance and cure. The trial jury found for the plaintiff on his Jones Act (46 U.S.C.App. § 688) and general maritime tort claims and awarded plaintiff $650,000.00 in compensatory...

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