Legal Opinion
Margaret O'Shea v. Riverway Towing Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1982No. 81-1924PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a tort case under the federal admiralty jurisdiction. We are called upon to decide questions of contributory negligence and damage assessment, in particular the question — one of first impression in this circuit — whether, and if so how, to account for inflation in computing lost future wages.
On the day of the accident, Margaret O’Shea was coming off duty as a cook on a towboat plying the Mississippi River. A harbor boat operated by the defendant, Riverway Towing Company, carried Mrs. O’Shea to shore and while getting off the boat she fell and sustained the…
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