Doing Aweigh with Uncertainty: Navigating Jones Act Seamen’sClaims Against Third Parties

Authors

Sara B. Kuebel

Keywords

United States. Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916, Exemplary damages, Maritime law

Abstract

The article focuses on Jones Act as per which seaman may recover punitive damages from a third-party non-employer and law should afford seamen and non-seafarers the same protections under general maritime law against non-employer and protecting seamen as the wards of admiralty.

Repository Citation

Sara B. Kuebel, Doing Aweigh with Uncertainty: Navigating Jones Act Seamen’sClaims Against Third Parties, 78 La. L. Rev. (2018)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol78/iss3/10