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Jones Act Employers Maintain Their Position on Maintenance and Cure

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A couple of recent cases from the Eastern District of Louisiana provide useful guidance on the limits of maintenance and cure obligations. Given that failure to pay maintenance and cure can give rise to a claim for...more

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Keeled Hulls Split At Sea – The Fraught Waters Of General Maritime Law Punitive Damages, Split Among The Circuits

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Steady, helmsman! Steady. This is the sort of weather when brave hearts snap ashore, and keeled hulls split at sea. Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Chap. XL - Since the Supreme Court’s (Justice Thomas’s) landmark decision in...more

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5th Circuit Blocks Punitive Damages in Maritime Case

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In McBride v. Estis Well Service, LLC, the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that punitive damages are not available to seamen under the Jones Act or under general maritime law. In those cases, recovery is...more

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