Legal Opinion

Amparo Viuda De Centeno v. Gulf Fleet Crews, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 22, 1986No. 85-3124PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Gulf Fleet Crews, Inc. (Gulf Fleet) appeals a judgment entered on a verdict against it for $776,000 under the Jones Act. We affirm the jury’s verdict of liability under the Jones Act, but vacate the damage award and remand for a new damages trial. We first review the facts developed at trial that are most favorable to the verdict.

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In November 1980, Gulf Fleet employed Centeno, a Honduran citizen, as a cook aboard the M/V HERCULES DEL GOL-FO. Centeno’s one year employment agreement with Gulf Fleet provided for $34 per day compensation and granted him…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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Peter Joseph Caldarera, Jr., Etc. v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
In Re Air Crash Disaster at New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Pearl Crosby Eymard v. Pan American World AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by43 opinions

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Florence L. Barbetta, and James D. Barbetta v. S/s Bermuda Star, in Rem, Her Engines, Tackle, and MacHinery Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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