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TAVARES v. MICHIGAN FISHING, INC.

Civil Action No. 95-10682-WGY.

937 F.Supp. 84 (1996)

Manuel TAVARES, Plaintiff, v. MICHIGAN FISHING, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Latti, Boston, MA, for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Clinton, Craig R. Nickerson, Boston, MA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

This standard issue Jones Act-unseaworthiness case was, in certain respects, handled by counsel and the Court in a less than stellar manner as a matter of advocacy and trial management. Now that the jury has awarded $214,350.32 in damages to the Plaintiff, Manuel Tavares ("Tavares"), the stakes warrant revisiting the trial.

The Defendant, Michigan Fishing, Inc. ("Michigan Fishing"), moves this Court...

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