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· 2/14/1986

Jimmy Yelverton v. Mobile Laboratories, Inc.

Citations

  • 782 F.2d 555
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 22272

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that \the evidence before the court often consists solely of the seaman's testimony\
  • stating that a seaman’s “own testimony as to reasonable cost of room and board in the community where he is living is sufficient to support an award.”
  • explaining “[a] seaman's burden of production in establishing the value of maintenance is feather light: his own testimony as to reasonable cost of room and board in the community where he is living is sufficient to support an award.”
  • “A seaman’s burden of production in establishing the value of his maintenance is feather light.”
  • light burden of production in non — statutory maintenance and cure claim

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Judges: Rubin, Reavley, Hill

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