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Legal Cases and Concerns

SUPREME COURT REDUCES DAMAGES IN EXXON VALDEZ SPILL CASE; SUGGESTS 1:1 DAMAGES RATIO FOR MARITIME CASES
Posted by: Joseph S. Stacey
June 25, 2008

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to reduce punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case from an original jury award of $5 billion to about $500 million.

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DEFINITION OF "SEAMAN" AGAIN DEBATED IN POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT CASE
Posted by: Joseph S. Stacey
June 19, 2007

In a previous post, I wrote about Isenhour v. Harvey's Casino, which found riverboat casino employees to be Jones Act seamen. The Supreme Court is now considering whether to hear another case involving casino boat workers and maritime law, and this case is slightly different.

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JONES ACT PROTECTION EXTENDED TO RIVERBOAT CASINO EMPLOYEES
Posted by: Joseph S. Stacey
June 13, 2007

On Tuesday, June 12, a court ruling in the case Isenhour v. Harvey's Casino found that riverboat casino employees are Jones Act seamen, even though their jobs of dealing cards and running slot machines aren't traditional maritime jobs.

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COURT OF APPEALS REVISITS MARITIME PREEMPTION
Posted by: Joseph S. Stacey
June 12, 2007

The way maritime cases are handled in Washington State courts was revisited recently in the case Lam v. Global Medical Systems.

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