US law: Seamen cannot recover punitive damages
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The development Correspondent lawyers Phelps Dunbar have reported on a significant US legal decision with respect to the position of Jones Act seamen and personal injury claims. Particularly it has been held that Jones Act seamen cannot recover punitive damages for their vessel owner / employer's breach of its general
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