Legal Opinion
Keith Knight v. Texaco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1986No. 85-3354PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Texaco appeals the district court’s judgment of $823,863 in favor of a Jones Act plaintiff on the ground that damages remain excessive after remittitur. Finding sufficient support in the record for the award, we conclude that a reasonable trier of fact could make the award and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Twenty-three year old Keith Knight was working as a roustabout on Texaco’s submersible drilling barge MATAGORDA BAY oh July 29,1980 when a movable steel beam came loose and crushed his left foot. Knight was hospitalized for a week to stabilize the wound and was unable to put…
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