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MARITIME OVERSEAS CORP. v. ELLIS

No. 94-1057.

977 S.W.2d 536 (1996)

MARITIME OVERSEAS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Richard ELLIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Broocks, Thomas B. Greene, III, Houston, Joe R. Greenhill, Austin, Mard A. Antonetti, Jane A. Bland (Nenninger), Houston, for petitioner.

John M. O'Quinn, Gary M. Riebschlager, Eugene A. Cook, Kendall C. Montgomery, Maureen McPherson Spector, Joe H. Reynolds, Gael Plauche', Houston, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Application for writ of error are denied.

HECHT, Justice, dissenting from denial of application for writ of error.

By any standard I know of, the application for writ of error in this case should be granted. Consider this:

• The size of the damage award—over $8.5 million—certainly makes the case significant to the parties, a seaman and his employer. • The central legal issue—what evidence...

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