Barbara Jean Johnson, Cross-Appellant v. Offshore Express, Inc., Cross-Appellee

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Offshore Express appeals a judgment by the district court in favor of Barbara Johnson, a seaman injured while employed by Offshore. The district court found Offshore negligent under the Jones Act and the M/V CHAMPION EXPRESS, upon which Johnson was working, unseaworthy. The court awarded Johnson damages for lost earnings, pain and suffering, and disfigurement and total permanent physical disability. Johnson, on cross-appeal, asserts that the damages awarded were inadequate. Offshore also appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for a new trial based…