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COURT DENIES ICICLE SEAFOODS MOVE TO REDUCE $1.3 MILLION DOLLAR PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARD
Posted by: James M. Beard
March 08, 2010
A King County Washington Superior Court Judge has denied Icicle Seafood's motion to reduce a $1.3 million dollar punitive damage jury verdict against it. The punitive damage award arises out of a November, 2009 jury trial where Icicle Seafoods was found to have willfully and wantonly denied an injured fisherman his maritime rights of maintenance and cure. In the Court's written decision denying Icicle Seafood's motion to reduce the punitive damage award, the Court harshly criticized Icicle for showing intentional indifference to the health of their injured seaman. The Court stated that Icicle was under the most stringent legal obligation to take detailed and affirmative action to ensure that their injured crewman received maintenance and cure.
