SCOLA v. BOAT FRANCES, R., INC.

No. 79-1169.

618 F.2d 147 (1980)

Sebastian SCOLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOAT FRANCES, R., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Abromovitz, Boston, Mass., with whom Latti & Flannery, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen G. Viegas, Reading, Mass., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, DOOLING, Senior District Judge.


DOOLING, District Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from an amended judgment striking from an earlier judgment in his favor an interest award of $59,515. Plaintiff had sued defendant under the Jones Act and general maritime law for personal injuries sustained aboard defendant's vessel, and on June 11, 1976, had recovered a verdict for $245,000. Neither party had requested jury instructions respecting pre-judgment interest, no such instructions were given, and the jury...

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