Ruth CULVER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees,
v.
SLATER BOAT CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants,
EUROPIRATES INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellees-Appellants,
v.
ODECO DRILLING, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.
Willie Mae BYRD, As Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence Byrd, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee,
v.
Heinrich Schmidt REEDEREI, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 22, 1983.
Rehearings Denied February 24, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. James Kronzer, W.W. Watkins, Houston, Tex., Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Ruth Culver et al.
Leonard Fuhrer, Alexandria, La., for amicus curiae Louis Ober.
Richmond M. Eustis, New Orleans, La., for Slater Enterprises, Europirates, etc.
Drury, Lozes & Curry, Felicien P. Lozes, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Overseas Ser. Corp.
J. Walter Ward, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling.
Mat M. Gray, III, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire.
Joel D. Eaton, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Miami, Fla., Roger Vaughan, Wagner, Cunning, Vaughan & Genders, Tampa, Fla., for Willie Mae Byrd.
Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, Nathaniel G.W. Pieper, Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Heinrich Schmidt Reederei.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, BROWN, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR., HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
ALVIN B. RUBIN and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges:
In Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Co.,510 F.2d 234 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 839, 96 S.Ct. 68-69, 46 L.Ed.2d 58 (1975), this court held that juries "should not be instructed to take into account future inflationary or deflationary trends in computing lost earnings ..." Id. at 241. Reviewing that decision...
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