The plaintiff-appellee, George Diefenbach, brought this action pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. app. § 688 (1994) against his employer, defendant-appellant Sheridan Transportation, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained in the course of employment as a boatswain on-board the ITB JACKSONVILLE. The first trial ended in a mistrial. The second trial resulted in a jury verdict of...
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