context: Plaintiff responds to this argument by citing six appellate decisions--each from a different circuit reaching a result contrary to Ballantine--holding, essentially, that the absence of expert testimony or actuarial or mathematical evidence regarding methods for computing the present value of future earnings does not preclude the jury from awarding such damages. While the First Circuit has not ruled on the issue, this Court is satisfied that its instructions were sufficient and appropriate, and that plaintiff's failure to come forth with expert or other evidence regarding methods of present value computation is not fatal.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 505 F.2d 665, 669
citation_a.parenthetical: actuarial and mathematical evidence not prerequisite for recovery of lost future wages
citation_a.sentence: See Bonura v. Sealand Service, Inc., 505 F.2d 665, 669 (5th Cir.1974) (actuarial and mathematical evidence not prerequisite for recovery of lost future wages); Duncan v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Company, 480 F.2d 79, 87 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 859, 94 S.Ct. 69, 38 L.Ed.2d 109 (1973) (same); cf. McDonald v. Federal Laboratories, Inc., 724 F.2d 243, 247 (1st Cir.1984) (court’s instruction that jury must reduce future earning award to present value without identifying particular method of present value computation not erroneous).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 724 F.2d 243, 247
citation_b.parenthetical: court's instruction that jury must reduce future earning award to present value without identifying particular method of present value computation not erroneous
citation_b.sentence: See Bonura v. Sealand Service, Inc., 505 F.2d 665, 669 (5th Cir.1974) (actuarial and mathematical evidence not prerequisite for recovery of lost future wages); Duncan v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Company, 480 F.2d 79, 87 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 859, 94 S.Ct. 69, 38 L.Ed.2d 109 (1973) (same); cf. McDonald v. Federal Laboratories, Inc., 724 F.2d 243, 247 (1st Cir.1984) (court’s instruction that jury must reduce future earning award to present value without identifying particular method of present value computation not erroneous).