Shea v. LaVallee

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• allowing non-dependent brothers of deceased seaman to recover damages for loss of inheritance
• “[T]he majority of states do not allow future economic loss to be recovered in survival actions.”
• APunitive damages are available under general maritime law for claims of unseaworthiness.@

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).