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December 7, 2018

Supreme Court grants cert. in Ninth Circuit case involving maritime punitive damages (Batterton v. Dutra Group)

When the Ninth Circuit issued this opinion back in January, we observed that it had the makings of a good cert. petition.  The Supreme Court thought so too, and issued an order today granting the defendant's petition.

Here's a link to the Supreme Court's online docket.

Related posts:

"Circuit Split Encourages Forum Shopping by Injured Seamen"

Ninth Circuit creates circuit split on availability of punitive damages in unseaworthiness cases (Batterton v. Dutra Group)

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Posted by Curt Cutting at 4:07 PM

Labels: U.S. Court of Appeals: 9th Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court

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