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PFEIFER v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP.

No. 81-1928.

678 F.2d 453 (1982)

Howard E. PFEIFER v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION, owner or owner pro hac vice of Barges 1011, 1384, 1400, 1363, and others in a fleet, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1982.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1982.

Rehearing Amended June 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Murdoch (argued), Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Jerome M. Libenson (argued), Baskin & Sears, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, VAN DUSEN and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Opinion as Amended June 1, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Howard E. Pfeifer in a third-party negligence action under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The major question presented is whether the district court erred in applying the "total offset method" as a federal rule of damages, wherein the discount factor...

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