Exclusion of Video Didn't Warrant Reversal of Jones Act Award

A divided Texas appellate court panel on Tuesday upheld a jury's $8.5 million verdict in favor of an injured offshore rig worker for his back injury. The 1st District Court of Appeals' Chief Justice Sherry Radack and Senior Justice Terry Jennings found the verdict was not excessive, and the trial judge hadn't committed any error in keeping a video documenting Willie David Williams' activities from the jury. But Justice Evelyn Keyes dissented, calling on the Texas Supreme Court to take up the case, Diamond Offshore Services v. Williams, and establish criteria for when sur...