Court Opinion

ID: 9726706
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:04:58.374549+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:29.902557
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Moran, District Judge.
I respectfully dissent. There was no evidence of plain*632tiff’s earnings from any source at the time of the injury or at the trial. I contend that the plaintiff had the duty to produce this evidence and I do not believe the prior decisions of this court cited in the majority opinion hold otherwise when the facts of the cases are analyzed.
In Conte v. Flota Mercante del Estado, 277 F. 2d 664, at page 669, Judge Friendly articulated much better than I can what loss of earning capacity is and what the trier of fact must do to compute damages resulting from its loss or diminution. See, also, Restatement, Torts 2d, T. D. No. 19, § 924, comment d.
Our adversary system requires an injured party to prove his damages. The plaintiff failed to prove an essential element of loss of earning capacity, and it should not have been submitted to the jury as part of his claim for damages.