Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Circuit Judge:
We grant this rehearing in order to clear some confusion engendered by our opinion appearing at 558 F.2d 238, and to modify certain portions of that opinion. Our prior opinion directed the trial court to compare the negligence of seaman Reyes with that of this employer, and to award some positive amount of damages even if slight, to plaintiff Stella Reyes, widow of the deceased seaman. The effect of our opinion today is to add to the task of the trial court on remand: the court must determine the issues of causation for the two faults held, as well as…
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