1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 724 F.2d
  5. 724 F.2d 508 (1984)
 

WILLIAMS v. K & B EQUIPMENT CO., INC.

No. 83-3098.

724 F.2d 508 (1984)

Clyde WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, Employers National Insurance Company, Intervenor, v. K & B EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christenberry & Associates, Michael H. Piper, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Madeleine Fischer, New Orleans, La., for intervenor.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Kenneth W. Jacques, Kenneth J. Servay, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, TATE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Clyde Williams appeals the adequacy of the district court's awards for past lost wages, future lost earning capacity and past and future pain and suffering caused by a 1978 longshoreman's accident. We affirm the future lost earning capacity and pain and suffering awards as not clearly erroneous, but vacate and remand the award for past lost wages to correct an apparent error in calculation.

I

On June 16, 1978...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases