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Article: U.S. 4th Circuit: Martin v. Harris, et al.
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
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- March 30, 2009
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Torts
Calculation of prejudgment interest
BOTTOM LINE: Employee not entitled to prejudgment interest in
admiralty case where he sued employer under the Jones Act for
injuries sustained when employee slipped and fell on dock.
CASE: Martin v. Harris, et al., US4th No. 07-1610 (filed March
11, 2009) (Judges NIEMEYER, Agee, & Voorhees (sitting by
designation)).
COUNSEL: Bryan K. Meals, McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Norfolk, VA, for
Appellants. Stevenson Lee Weeks, Sr., Wheatly, Wheatly, Weeks &
Lupton, P.A., Beaufort, NC, for Appellee.
FACTS: As Captain Richard Harris and Mate William Martin prepared
the oil screw Fintastic for a fishing charter, Martin slipped and
fell on fish slime and gurry, which ...