Finwall v. Union Oil Co. of California

CARTER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages arising out of a fall on an offshore platform. The trial judge determined that plaintiff was not at fault and awarded plaintiff damages against Union Oil. From the judgment awarding plaintiff $262,326.23 in damages, plaintiff appeals.1

Plaintiff contends that the trial judge erred in awarding insufficient damages for various items of damage, including lost wages, past and future pain, suffering, and disability, and loss of sexual function.

The trial judge, in written reasons for judgment, articulated the damage awards and justifications for each award.…