Legal Opinion
Kevin Davis v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 1990No. 89-1943PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Kevin Davis, a laborer, was injured when a platform on which he was standing came out from under him, leaving him with a permanent disc problem. The basis of defendant’s liability does not appear, but it was conceded after a summary trial. Thereafter damages were tried to a jury. The jury answered special questions, reaching a total figure of $238,000, $136,-000 being for lost earnings over a 26 year work expectancy. While, in every area— e.g., swimming fee expense the rest of his life, although plaintiff had already stopped swimming for over a…
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- Humphreys v. AshSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1939
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