Worsnop v. Texaco, Inc.

This was a seaman’s personal injury action, based on the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1976), and the common law doctrine of unseaworthiness. At trial before a jury, no instructions were requested or delivered on the subject of prejudgment interest. After the jury returned verdicts for the plaintiff, an assistant clerk of court entered judgments on forms, adding prejudgment interest from the commencement of the action. Nearly five months later, the defendant moved under Mass. R. Civ. P. 60 (a), (b)(1) and (b)(6), 365 *1006Mass. 828 (1974), for relief from the judgments in so far as they provided for…