Injured Deckhand Tells U.S. High Court Punitive Damages Must Be Available

Mealey's (March 15, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A vessel owner and operator fighting a finding that punitive damages may be available for unseaworthiness claims brought under general maritime law has based its theory on the incorrect premise that the Jones Act doesn’t allow for punitive damages and has failed to show that Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. requires a different finding, an injured deckhand argues in his Feb. 21 respondent brief (The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton, No. 18-266, U.S. Sup.)....