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"Supreme Court Reverses Batterton - No Punitive Damages for Unseaworthiness," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Client Alert

By Grady S. Hurley, Jefferson R. Tillery

Client Alert

June 2019

The US Supreme Court has rendered its much anticipated decision in Dutra Group v. Batterton by holding that punitive damages are not a traditional remedy afforded to Jones Act seamen injured aboard a vessel. Continue reading >

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