Amparo Viuda De Centeno v. Gulf Fleet Crews, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “[t]he only remaining recoverable item of damages is for the pain and suffering [the decedent] suffered before his death”
• affirming jury verdict for plaintiff and holding ship owner vicariously responsible for negligence of physician it chose to treat ill seaman
• affirming jury verdict for plaintiff and holding ship owner vicariously responsible for negligence of physician it chose to treat ill seaman
• “Recoverable items [in Jones Act death action] include . . . loss of Centeno’s household services . . . “
• “Recoverable items include loss of support from [decedent]’s past and future earnings; loss of [decedent]’s household services; loss of parental nurture and guidance of his minor children until the age of majority; and recovery for [decedent]’s predeath pain and suffering.”
• first citing DeZon v. Am. President Lines, Ltd., 318 U.S. 660, 667–68 (1943), then citing Joyce v. Atl. Richfield Co., 651 F.2d 676, 684 (10th Cir. 1981), and then citing Picou v. Am. Offshore Fleet, Inc., 576 F.2d 585, 587 (5th Cir. 1978)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).