Theodore M. Ellenwood v. Exxon Shipping Co., State of Maine, Intervenor. Theodore M. Ellenwood v. Exxon Shipping Co., State of Maine, Intervenor

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, “when the jury specifically has rejected plaintiffs’ . . . intentional tort claims,” punitive damages are unavailable as to the plaintiffs’ maritime contract claims
• declining to decide whether \a seaman may recover emotional distress damages without showing a physical injury \ (emphasis added)
• noting the \well-established rule that maritime employment is terminable at will by either party in the absence of a contract setting a specific term\
• nothing in maritime law is at odds with state human rights statutes regarding handicapped rights
• “[T]he Jones Act provides the exclusive recovery in negligence for claims by seamen against their employers.”
• \plaintiff alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress under the maritime law must prove an accompanying physical injury\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).