Legal Opinion
McDermott, Inc. v. AmClyde
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1994No. 92-1479PublishedCited by 312 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A construction accident in the Gulf of Mexico gave rise to this admiralty case. In advance of trial, petitioner, the plaintiff, settled with three of the defendants for $1 million. Respondents, however, did not settle, and the case went to trial. A jury assessed petitioner’s loss at $2.1 million and allocated 32% of the damages to respondent AmClyde and 38% to respondent River Don Castings, Ltd. (River Don). The question presented is whether the liability of the nonsettling defendants should be calculated with reference to the jury’s allocation of proportionate responsibility, or by giving…
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