Legal Opinion
Nevor v. Moneypenny Holdings, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 2016No. 16-1302PPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this maritime personal injury case, the district court awarded the plaintiff compensatory damages for past and future harms totaling nearly $1,500,000. Adding insult to injury, the court tacked on prejudgment interest at the Rhode Island state rate of 12% per annum and entered judgment in the plaintiffs favor for $2,318,487. The defendant appeals, challenging both the damages award and the prejudgment interest increment.
After careful consideration, we find the award of damages to be unimpugnable. The award of prejudgment interest, though, presents greater…
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