· 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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