Legal Opinion
Superior Construction Co. v. Brock
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 2006No. 05-10110PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
On December 29, 2001, a pleasure boat carrying 12 passengers abided1 with Appellant Superior Construction Co.’s (Superior) stationary barge. After a bench trial, the district court found Superior liable to the pleasure boat’s injured passengers and awarded a total judgment of $19,214,689.63 in economic and non-economic damages. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Although the district court made extensive findings, we set forth only the findings necessary to place the issues in context. Superior was the general contractor for the Florida Department of Transportation’s project to widen…
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