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Update: Supreme Court Rejects Punitive Damages for Unseaworthiness Claims

By Tod Everage on June 24, 2019
Posted in Admiralty and Maritime

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a Circuit Split, holding that punitive damages are not recoverable to a seaman under an unseaworthiness claim. The Court, in a 6-3 ruling, sided with the U.S. Fifth Circuit’s analysis under McBride and reversed the U.S. Ninth Circuit’s decision in Dutra v. Batterton. The Court followed Townsend,…

UPDATE: Supreme Court grants writs in Dutra v. Batterton

By Tod Everage on December 19, 2018
Posted in Admiralty and Maritime, Louisiana In General

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Writ of Certiorari in the Dutra v. Batterton case, setting the stage for a resolution of the Circuit Split between the US Fifth and Ninth Circuits on whether punitive damages are available to a seaman on an unseaworthiness claim. A more thorough review of the Dutra case…

Split in the Circuits Sets up Punitive Damages Showdown

By Steven Boutwell on April 16, 2018
Posted in Admiralty and Maritime, Louisiana In General

by the Admiralty and Maritime Team

It is now well settled in the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that a seaman cannot recover punitive damages on an unseaworthiness claim. McBride v. Estis Well Service, 768 F.3d 382 (5th Cir. 2014) (en banc). Specifically, the U.S. Fifth Circuit has held that…

Fights Continue Over the Availability of Punitive Damages in Maritime Cases

By Tod Everage on December 16, 2015
Posted in Admiralty and Maritime

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Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the availability of maritime punitive damages claims in Atlantic Sounding v. Townsend, 557 U.S. 404 (2009), maritime plaintiffs have fought tirelessly to see where else they can carve out from under the Jones Act’s prohibition from punitive damages. Recall that in Townsend, the Supreme Court recognized…

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