Legal Opinion
Allred v. Maersk Line, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 12, 1993No. Civ. A. 2:92cv791PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MORGAN, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on motion of Defendant Maersk Line, Limited (“Maersk”) for a new trial. The case was tried before a jury on April 22 and 23, 1993. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff Martin Allred (“Allred”) and awarded him $1,000,000 in damages for injuries he sustained while in the employ of Maersk as á seaman.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 6, 1990, Allred was a twenty-six year old Coast Guard licensed seaman when he sustained a broken elbow while working aboard a Maersk ship, the PFC WILLIAM B. BAUGH, as it was docked in…
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