Mealey's (March 25, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Common-law recoveries for Jones Act seamen for injury and death have been limited by the U.S. Supreme Court in prior cases, the attorney representing a vessel owner and operator argued March 25 before the Supreme Court justices, seeking reversal of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that allowed a deckhand to pursue punitive damages in an unseaworthiness action (The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton, No. 18-266, U.S. Sup.)....