WAYNE D. MASTERS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT CROSS-APPELLEE,
v.
TRANSWORLD DRILLING CO., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE CROSS-APPELLANT, TESSON HAMMERS, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE CROSS-APPELLANT
PER CURIAM:
After careful study of the District Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this maritime personal injury case, we affirm the judgment of unseaworthiness liability as to Transworld and of negligence as to Tesson Hammers.
We remand to the District Court, however, to reconsider whether it should have awarded pre-judgment interest. See Noritake Co., Inc. v. M/V HELLENIC CHAMPION, 627 F. 2d 724, 730 (5th Cir. 1980). Such an award, although within the Court’s sound discretion, is well-nigh automatic in suits in the admiralty. See generally Havis v. Petroleum Helicopters, 664 F. 2d 54 (5th Cir. 1981); Annot., Award of Prejudgment Interest in Admiralty Suits, 34 A.L.R.Fed. 126, 228-38 (1977).
Further, we must vacate that portion of the District Court’s decision dealing with inflation and remand for recalculation, in the light of Culver v. Slater Boat Co. (5th Cir. 1982) 688 F. 2d 280 (en banc) and Byrd v. Reederei, 688 F. 2d 324 (5th Cir. 1982) (en banc), of the proper amount of damages, including inflation, that Masters sustained.
AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART and REMANDED.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
-
Edmond Helaire v. Mobil OIL Co., 709 F.2d 1031 (5th Cir. 1983)
-
Vance v. Am. Haw. Cruises, Inc., 789 F.2d 790 (9th Cir. 1986)
-
Inland OIL & Transp. Co. v. Ark-White Towing Co., 696 F.2d 321 (5th Cir. 1983)
Previewing 3 of 10 citing cases — full citator treatment, depth of discussion, and citing context are member features.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceAuthorities Cited
- Noritake Co., Inc. v. M/V Hellenic Champion, 627 F.2d 724 (5th Cir. 1980)
- Thomasville Branch OF the Nat'l Ass'n FOR the Advancement OF Colored People v. Thomas Cnty., 688 F.2d 280 (5th Cir. 1982)
- Havis v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., 664 F.2d 54 (5th Cir. 1981)
- Byrd v. Heinrich Schmidt Reederei, 688 F.2d 324 (5th Cir. 1982)