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Recovery of Non-Pecuniary Damages Prohibited Under Jones Act


by Stephen C. Hanemann View Biography
Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P. View Firm Credentials
New Orleans Office

April 21, 2008

Previously published on February 21, 2008

The issue of recovery of non-pecuniary damages by a Jones Act seaman is one that often confronts both the seaman's employer and non-employer third-parties from whom damages are sought. No case sets forth a more succinct resolution of this issue than Scarborough v. ClemcoInd., 391 F.3d 660 (5th Cir....


 

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