ROBERT F. COLLINS, District Judge.
This Jones Act case resulted from the death of Harold Ward, a coiled tubing operator employed by defendant, Reeled Tubing, Inc., who fell forty feet off a platform aboard the M/V RAM I in the Gulf of Mexico. On June 4, 1985, a jury awarded $300,000.00 in damages for conscious pain and suffering prior to death. The award was reduced twenty-five percent for plaintiff's contributory negligence.
The defendant, Reeled Tubing,...
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