Maritime Casualty
Calculating Lost Future Wages in the Fifth Circuit
- August 30, 2012
- By Brian Perry
In Martinez v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., 481 Fed. Appx. 942 (5th Cir. 2012), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the proper standard for calculating damages for lost future earnings under maritime law. The plaintiff, Ramiro Martinez, was a seaman injured in May 2008 while working as a mechanic aboard a derrick barge. Martinez sued […]
