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25 Jun 2009, 5:00 pm
Apex Marine Corp., nor the Jones Act altered this understanding, punitive damages for the willful and wanton disregard of themaintenance and cure obligation remain available as a matter ofgeneral maritime law. [read post]
8 Nov 2013, 8:54 am
The Fifth Circuit decided such an issue in McBride v. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 8:47 am by Steven Boutwell
Supreme Court decisions, the impact of Townsend differed greatly depending on which side of the “v. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 8:19 am by Liskow & Lewis
Townsend case, in which a 5-4 majority opinion (written by Justice Thomas) ruled that punitive damages were available to a Jones Act seaman whose employer arbitrarily and capriciously fails to pay the injured or ill seaman maintenance and cure. [read post]