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The tide is turning for Jones Act Seaman and their damage claims. The question is what effect the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend, 129 S. Ct. 2561, 174 L. Ed. 2d 382 (2009), has on his ability to seek punitive damages for the alleged gross, willful, and wanton negligence of the defendant in causing the plaintiff's injuries?

Very recently the trial court in Rogers v. Resolve Marine, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91423 (E.D. La. Sept. 10, 2009) ruled that a Jones Act Seaman could amend his complaint to add punitive damages based upon the alleged gross, willful, and wanton negligence of the defendant in causing the plaintiff's injuries. Note this goes beyond the narrow reading that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Atlantic Sounding. These pleadings go beyond the willful failure to provide maintenance and cure.

Jones Act Seaman are wards of the court. Yet the last 20-30 years of Jones Act jurisprudence has seen the protection of shipping companies and insurance companies......

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1. Maritime injury cases are our main focus.

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