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MARTIN v. WALK, HAYDEL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 85-3591 Summary Calendar.

794 F.2d 209 (1986)

Ira L. MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALK, HAYDEL & ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Cave & McKay, Donald G. Cave, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant challenges an award of prejudgment interest on appellee's recovery under the Jones Act. Because this case was ultimately tried under the district court's admiralty jurisdiction, the chancellor had discretion to award prejudgment interest. Prejudgment interest may not, however, be recovered on future damages. We remand to the district court for a division of the judgment into past and future damages,...

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