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· 6/10/1991

John Borges v. Our Lady of the Sea Corp.

Citations

  • 935 F.2d 436
  • 1991 A.M.C. 2937
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 11774
  • 1991 WL 96562

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “prejudgment interest may properly be added to damage awards for past lost wages, medical expenses that have been incurred, and past pain and suffering” but not “future loss of earnings, future medical expenses, and/or future pain and suffering”
  • assuming without deciding that even if a witness's statements were obtained improperly, \such impropriety in the means of obtaining a statement would not automatically bar admission of the statement at trial.\
  • court could properly exclude a witness where his testimony was cumulative of the testimony of another witness
  • “The standard of review of a district court’s disqualification of counsel decision is abuse of discretion.”
  • “It has been held that prejudgment interest may be awarded on damages for past intangible loss, such as pain and suffering.”

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Judges: Campbell, Bownes, Cyr

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