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SCOTUS Precludes Punitive Damages for an Unseaworthiness Claim

By Douglas P. Matthews on June 25, 2019
Posted in Maritime Law

SCOTUS - Unseaworthiness ClaimIn Dutra v. Batterton, No. 18-266, the Supreme Court of the United States, on June 24, 2019, determined that punitive damages are not allowed for injured vessel crew members seeking remedies for vessel unseaworthiness. In addressing a split between the Ninth Circuit on one hand and the First, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits on the…

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