| 25-750 |
Calvin M. Costanza v. Florida Marine Transporters, LLC |
Louisiana |
2025-12-23 |
Pending |
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causation-standard daubert-standard jones-act maritime-law scientific-evidence toxic-tort |
Whether under 46 U.S.C.A. § 30104 (The Jones Act) relaxed causation standard, requiring only that the employer's negligence play "any part, even the s… |
| 20-1642 |
Brian Doty v. Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
|
circuit-court circuit-court-split construction-site jones-act jury-determination maritime-worker seaman-status supreme-court-precedent vessel-navigation |
Whether the injured worker was entitled to a jury determination of his status as a Jones Act seaman |
| 19-1250 |
Victor Allan Clark v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., et al. |
Florida |
2020-04-27 |
Denied |
|
45-usc-55 45-usc-56 forum-selection forum-selection-clause jones-act maritime-law negligence personal-injury seaman-employment seaman-employment-contract third-party-beneficiary |
Does the Jones Act render void a foreign forum selection clause in a Seaman's employment contract? |
| 19-931 |
Jay Lawrence Friedheim v. Dane Field |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
|
admiralty-law attorney-fees bankruptcy civil-procedure jones-act maintenance-and-cure maritime-law seaman-contract |
Whether a seaman's wage contract that includes maintenance and cure entitles the prevailing party to attorney's fees |
| 18-1318 |
Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C. v. Kelvin Dunn |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
|
comparative-fault emergency-drills emergency-procedures fitness-for-duty in-extremis-doctrine jones-act maritime-collision maritime-law primary-duty-doctrine seaman-standard-of-care |
Does the Primary Duty Doctrine still exist as a defense in Jones Act cases, and if so, does it only apply to a captain? |
| 18-266 |
The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (18)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure general-maritime-duty jones-act maritime-law personal-injury punitive-damages seaman-rights seaworthiness seaworthy-vessel unseaworthiness vessel-seaworthiness |
Whether punitive damages may be awarded to a Jones Act seaman in a personal injury suit alleging a breach of the general maritime duty to provide a se… |