Washington Law Review
Abstract
Maritime personal injury actions employ the comparative fault doctrine, under which damages are allocated between mutually negligent parties according to their proportionate fault. This Comment focuses on recurring issues Ninth Circuit courts have faced in this area: apportioning liability in cases of violations by seamen's employers of Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) regulations, and determining whether to include both causation and fault in making the apportionment. This Comment argues that the Ninth Circuit should adopt rules consistent with the pronounced congressional and U.S. Supreme Court policies of achieving uniformity in domestic and international admiralty and providing liberal recovery for seamen.
First Page
1135
Recommended Citation
Orland S. Seballos,
Notes and Comments,
Circuit over Troubled Waters: Ninth Circuit Comparative Fault Principles in Seaman's Personal Injury Actions,
73 Wash. L. Rev.
1135
(1998).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol73/iss4/10