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No Punitive Damages Allowed in Maritime Lawsuit

No Punitive Damages Allowed in Maritime Lawsuit

The Fifth Circuit has ruled in a split en banc decision that survivors of a worker killed in a barge-mounted drilling rig accident cannot collect punitive damages under general maritime law. The majority, in reversing an earlier panel decision, ruled that it doesn’t matter if the claim is for personal injury or wrongful death. In […]

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