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Eleventh Circuit· 9/11/1997

Altosino v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.

Citations

  • 121 F.3d 1421
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 23811
  • 1997 WL 534236

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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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Judges: Barkett, Hill, Howard

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