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“Court Rules ‘Game Over’ for Jones Act Seamen Seeking Punitive Damages”

Professional Mariner
By Grady S. Hurley
August 27, 2019

In a April 2019 article in Professional Mariner, we discussed the probabilities of the US Supreme Court allowing a Jones Act seaman to seek punitive damages for personal injuries caused by an unseaworthy condition under the pending case of Dutra Group v. Batterton (“Supreme Court to revisit punitive damage ‘ping-pong’ in maritime claims,” PM #233). Continue reading >

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