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CABAHUG v. TEXT SHIPPING CO., LTD.

No. 98 CA 0786.

760 So.2d 1243 (2000)

Tomas Reyes CABAHUG, Jr. v. TEXT SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.; Apollo Shipping Ltd.; and United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Ltd.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, David C. Vidrine, Baton Rouge, Gordon R. Crawford, Gonzales, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Tomas Cabahug, Jr.

Scott A. Soule, Robert B. Fisher, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellants, Text Shipping Co. Ltd. and the United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Ltd.

Before: LeBLANC, PETTIGREW, JJ., and KLINE, J. Pro Tem.

KLINE, J. Pro Tem.

This is an appeal of a judgment awarding $1,213,161.47 in damages to a Filipino seaman in a maritime personal injury case.

BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 8, 1995, Tomas Reyes Cabahug Jr. (Cabahug), a Filipino seaman, was seriously injured when he fell into the Mississippi River from an accommodation ladder attached to the M/V NIKI. At the time of Cabahug's fall, the M/V NIKI was undergoing loading operations in Darrow...

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