Carl M. Williams, Cross-Appellant v. Reading & Bates Drilling Co., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Cross-Appellees

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• holding that a Jones Act damages award for lost compensation includes both wages and fringe benefits
• holding that when a federal court sits in admiralty jurisdiction, the judge may exercise his discretion to award prejudgment interest on a Jones Act claim
• holding that no prejudgment interest is available in a Jones Act case tried to a jury
• “The traditional rule is, of course, that an injured party must mitigate damages.”
• prejudgment interest may not be awarded with respect to future damages
• “[W]hen a Jones Act claim is brought under the court’s admiralty jurisdiction, and hence the case is tried to the court and not to the jury, the allowance of prejudgment interest is within the discretion of the trial court . . .”

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