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SUPREME COURT RULES PUNITIVE DAMAGES AVAILABLE IN MAINTENANCE AND CURE CASES
Posted by: James M. Beard
June 26, 2009
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled today that punitive damages may be awarded to Jones Act Seamen when their employer willfully and wantonly withholds payment of maintenance and cure benefits. The decision affirms the availability of punitive damages under the General Maritime Law and rejected arguments that the Court's prior decision in Miles v. Apex had prohibited such damages.
