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25Jun

ALERT: Supreme Court Rejects Seamen’s Claims for Punitive Damages Under General Maritime Law, Resolving Fifth and Ninth Circuit Split

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The Supreme Court of the United States, on writ of certiorari in Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), has resolved a circuit split between the Fifth and Ninth Circuits regarding whether a seaman can recover punitive damages for...
By: Baker Donelson
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/alert-supreme-court-rejects-seamen-s-56240/

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