Split U.S. Supreme Court Finds No Punitive Damages For Unseaworthiness Claim

Mealey's (June 24, 2019, 12:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deckhand who was injured when a hatch blew open may not recover punitive damages on his claim of unseaworthiness, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 24 (The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton, No. 18-266, U.S. Sup.,2019 U.S. LEXIS 4202)....