Altosino v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.

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• holding that the plaintiffs could not recover punitive or loss of consortium damages for personal injuries sustained when a commercial vessel crashed into a railway bridge
• suggesting that punitive or loss of consortium damages may be available under federal maritime law “in exceptional circumstances such as willful failure to furnish maintenance and cure to a seaman”
• “[P]laintiffs cannot recover punitive damages for simple negligence as punitive damages require a showing of intentional or wanton and reckless conduct on the part of the defendants amounting to a conscious disregard of the rights of others.” (internal quotations omitted

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Other cases named Altosino v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.

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• Altosino v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1998-02-23· cited 2×