jones-act
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-750 | Calvin M. Costanza v. Florida Marine Transporters, LLC | Louisiana | 2025-12-23 | Denied | 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 | 1. Where, in this case, it is undisputed that the injured worker spent 90% of his working time on vessels in navigation, operating cranes and excavato… | |
| 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 | I. Does the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 30104, 30509 (adopting by reference 45 U.S.C. §§ 55, 56) render void a foreign forum selection clause in a Seaman'… | |
| 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 | 1. Whether a seaman's wage contract that includes maintenance and cure entitles the prevailing party to attorney's fees under Alyeska Pipeline Serv. C… | |
| 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 | This Petition involves an injury claim by a Jones Act captain and raises questions on fitness for duty and his ultimate responsibility to implement sa… | |
| 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… |