Ninth and Fifth Circuits Split on Issue of Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law
The Energy Law
JANUARY 24, 2018
23, 2018). In Townsend, the Supreme Court ruled that punitive damages are available to seamen in claims against their employers for willful or wanton failure to pay maintenance and cure. The Court’s reasoning hinged largely on the fact that both punitive damages and maintenance and cure predated passage of the Jones Act.
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