Maritime Law Doesn’t Permit Widow’s Nonpecuniary Asbestos Damages, Company Says

(July 27, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A magistrate judge ignored 50 years of Supreme Court precedent and existing statutory regimes in concluding that general maritime law permits punitive damages or a widow’s loss of consortium claim, John Crane Inc. told a federal judge in New York in objecting to a memorandum finding that a widow could amend her complaint to include additional claims....