United States Fifth Circuit

Maintenance costs need not be prorated to account for a seaman's family where the seaman is the sole breadwinner for his family, because the seaman is actually spending the money on living expenses. Reasonableness, not proration, is the proper limit on maintenance awards for seamen living with their families.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2001
• Published 02/14/2001

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Albin Nelson (argued), Michael Keith Randolph, Mary Moore McKenzie, Bryan, Nelson, Randolph & Weathers, John W. Lee, Jr., Hattiesburg, MS, for Hall.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael A. McGlone (argued), Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, S. Robert Hammond, Bryant, Clark, Dukes, Blakeslee, Ramsay & Hammond, Hattiesburg, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.