WEEKS MARINE, INC. v. GARZA

No. 04-08-00660-CV.

370 S.W.3d 390 (2010)

WEEKS MARINE, INC., Appellant, v. Maximino GARZA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

April 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Perez , Frank E. Perez & Associates, P.C., Brownsville, TX, for Appellant.

John C. Schwambach, Jr. , Jeremy Newell , John W. Stevenson, Jr. , John Stevenson & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice, REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice, STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by: STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.

Weeks Marine, Inc. appeals the judgment rendered in Maximino Garza's favor under the Jones Act and for claims related to a seaman's right to maintenance and cure. The judgment awarded Garza $1,121,000.00 in tort damages, $2,500,000.00 as compensation for failure to pay maintenance and cure, $15,000.00 in maintenance, $73,500.00 in attorney's fees, and $6,110.36 in experts' fees. We affirm the judgment...

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