O'Shea v. Riverway Towing Co.
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
677 F.2d 1194 (7th Cir. 1982)
Relevant factsFree
O'Shea, injured stepping off a Riverway harbor boat, was about to start a higher-paying cooking job before her accident and presented expert testimony calculating lost future wages using inflation projections discounted to present value, yielding a wide potential range; the trial judge awarded an amount from the middle of that range, and Riverway challenged both the no-contributory-negligence finding and the wage calculation, arguing O'Shea could find other work.
IssueFree
Whether awards for damages for lost future wages should account for inflation and be discounted to present value.