United States First Circuit

The jury instruction to consider, in the assessment of lost earning capacity, Puerto Rico's particular economic circumstances -- its unemployment rate, the participation of women in its work force, etc. --was appropriateto cure expert speculation about where the child might reside as an adult.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2001
• Published 01/17/2001

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges, and García-Gregory, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• José Luis Ubarri-García, with whom Herbert W. Brown III and Brown & Ubarri were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• José A. Iguina de la Rosa, with whom Martinez-Texidor & Fuster were on brief, for appellee.