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UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. RICHARD

No. 7749.

536 S.W.2d 955 (1975)

UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. E. J. RICHARD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Granted December 31, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Julian, Houston, for appellant.

Harold J. Eisenman, Beaumont, for appellee.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, E. J. Richard, brought suit against defendant, Union Oil Company of California—under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688 at 21 (1975)—alleging injury as a seaman aboard the tanker SS DAVID D. IRWIN. Trial was to a jury which found for plaintiff and from which defendant— appellant—appeals. The parties will be referred to as they were below.

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