US Supreme Court Docket
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No. 08-214
Title:
Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend
Subject:
Admiralty Law, Punitive Damages
Question:
May a seaman recover punitive damages for the willful failure to pay maintenance
and cure? The Eleventh Circuit's decision below holds in the affirmative, but
conflicts with the Second, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits as well as two state courts
of last resort, the reasoning of Miles v. Apex Marine Corp., 498 U.S. 19 (1990), and
Vaughan v. Atkinson, 369 U.S. 527 (1962).
Decisions:
- US Court of Appeals - 11th Circuit, Opinion Filed: August 23, 2007
Resources:
- Docket Sheet from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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For Petitioner:
For Respondent:David W. McCreadie
Lau Lane Pieper Conley & McCreadie, P.A.
Tampa, FL
G.J. Rod Sullivan
Jacksonville, FL
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