Gaddis v. Orgulf Transport Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

This civil action involves several claims for damages by Aaron D. Gaddis for leg injuries suffered while plaintiff was working on the M/V ED RENSHAW for Orgulf Transport Company. Plaintiffs complaint asserts that Mr. Gaddis was injured because of the unseaworthiness of defendant’s vessel under general maritime law as well as defendant’s negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The plaintiff claimed at trial that he suffered physical and vocational disability, as well as pain and suffering, for approximately one year following his injury on…