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- Title: Winningham v. North American Resources Corp.
- Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 09, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge. These consolidated appeals stem from a personal injury action filed by Dale M. Winningham against the vendor and purchaser of the land on which his injuries occurred. After a lengthy trial, the jury found that the defendants had acted negligently, and damages were awarded in favor of Winningham. One of the defendants, North American Resources Corporation (NARC), contends on appeal that it cannot be liable to Winningham because the accident causing his injuries actually occurred on public land, not its property, and thus it owed no duty to him. NARC also argues in the alternative that it satisfied any duty it might have owed to Winningham, since Winninghams employer knew of the dangerous conditions that led to the accident. NARC further maintains that the district courts award of prejudgment interest in favor of Winningham was an abuse of the courts discretion.