Askew et al v. United States, No. 4:2012cv00152 - Document 80 (E.D. Mo. 2016)
Court Description: AMENDED OPINION MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This Joint Proposed Amended Opinion and Order corrects a mathematical error and supersedes this Courts Order dated May 27, 2016. (See order for full details.) Signed by District Judge Henry Edward Autrey on 6/3/16. (KJS)
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Askew et al v. United States Doc. 80 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI DIRK ASKEW and BEULAH ASKEW, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) et al. ) ) Defendants. ) Case No. 4:12CV00152 HEA JOINT PROPOSED AMENDED OPINION, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This Joint Proposed Amended Opinion and Order corrects a mathematical error and supersedes this Court’s Order dated May 27, 2016. This matter is before the Court on remand from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal. In its May 26, 2015 Opinion, the Eighth Circuit ordered that this Court “first should specify what amount of future economic damages are future medical damages, in accordance with § 538.215.1. Once that amount is specified, the court should determine what portion, if any, will be paid in a lump sum, and what portion will be placed in a reversionary trust for periodic payment to Askew.” The Court awarded $4,000,000 as future economic costs. From this, is deducted the non-medical future income loss of $1,205,061, leaving $2,794,939. Proportionate attorney’s fees in the amount of 25% (698,735), should be deducted from this amount, as well as one half of the total trial costs expended, ($58,900), leaving $2,037,304 for future medical costs. Since the entry of the judgment, certain medical needs have been incurred: $37,403 1 Dockets.Justia.com immediate first time expenses for assistive equipment, $53,000 wheelchair access van, $200,000 for home purchase and handicap adaptations, for a total to be deducted from the future medical expenses of $290,403, leaving $1,746,901 to be placed into a reversionary trust for 28 years, Plaintiff’s life expectancy at the time of trial. Thus, each year a total of $62,387 shall be paid from the reversionary trust. Since two long years have passed since the entry of the judgment, an additional lump sum of $124,774 shall be paid immediately, leaving $1,622,127 to be placed into a reversionary trust, to be invested and/or held in such a way as to pay out in annual amounts of $62,389 per year for the next 26 years, paid on the anniversary of the original judgment during the month of November, with the first payment from the reversionary trust to commence on November 1, 2016, to be disbursed and upon the death of Plaintiff Dirk Askew, the remainder to revert to the United States Treasury. The parties are to agree on a Trustee without further order of this Court and shall submit to this Court an agreed upon Trustee by Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Dated this 3rd day of June 2016. So Ordered: ____________________________ HENRY EDWARD AUTREY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THE LAW OFFICES OF DAVID N. DAMICK RICHARD G. CALLAHAN United States Attorney s/ David Damick David N. Damick, MBEN 38903 One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2420B 211 North Broadway St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2733 TEL: (314) 231-0570 FAX: (314) 621-8639 Attorneys for Plaintiffs s/ Nicholas P. Llewellyn Nicholas P. Llewellyn MO 43839 Assistant United States Attorney Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse 111 S. 10th Street, 20th Floor TEL: (314) 539-7637 FAX: (314) 539-2287 Attorneys for Defendant 2
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