YOUN v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP.

No. 92-C-3017.

623 So.2d 1257 (1993)

Hae Woo YOUN v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Due, Lewis O. Unglesby, Gordon R. Crawford, and Donald W. Price, Due, é, Smith, Caballero, Price & Guidry, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Maurie D. Yager, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, and Gerard T. Gelpi, Norman C. Sullivan, and C. Gordon Starling, New Orleans, for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

The sole issue before the court in this personal injury case is whether the court of appeal erred in reducing the trial court's award of general damages and in deleting the award of loss of found.

Plaintiff, a boatswain on a Liberian oil tanker, was injured aboard ship in May of 1989 when a steam valve on the port winch opened too quickly, causing the drum to spin and...

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