Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis

CORRECTED MAJORITY OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

DRAUGHN, Justice.

In this Jones Act, general maritime case, the trial court after a jury verdict entered judgment for personal injury damages to Richard Ellis. Appellant, Maritime Overseas Corporation, in fifteen points of error, raises legal and evidentiary challenges to the actual and punitive damages awarded, and to the exclusion of certain evidence. We affirm the judgment in part and reverse and render in part.

The central issue in this case is one of first impression because it requires us to examine the issues of causation and…