Recommended Citation

Craig H. Allen, US Supreme Court Bars Punitive Damages in Unseaworthiness Claims, Pac. Mar., Aug. 2019, at 40-41.

Authors

Craig H. Allen, University of Washington School of Law

US Supreme Court Bars Punitive Damages in Unseaworthiness Claims

Publication Title

Pacific Maritime

Document Type

Article

Abstract

To appreciate the reach of the Court's decision on punitive damages for unseaworthiness claims, it is important to understand the federal courts' steady expansion of the class of workers who now qualify as "seamen," the class of floating vessels and structures that now qualify as "vessels," and the strict liability standard for determining whether a vessel is seaworthy.