Legal Opinion
Earl E. Robinson v. Pocahontas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 4, 1973No. 71-1256PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity suit in which plaintiff, Earl E. Robinson, a seaman, seeks recovery from the defendant, Sea Coast IV, Inc., the charterer of the vessel on which he was injured, for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1970), and for unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure under the general maritime law. The jury awarded the plaintiff verdicts of $45,000.00 on the Jones Act and unseaworthiness counts and $21,366.06 on the maintenance and cure claim, of which amount $10,000.00 was designated as punitive damages. On entering judgment the trial court added…
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