Don’t Rock the Boat: Developing a Uniform System of MaritimePunitive Damages After Baker and Townsend

Authors

Josie N. Serigne

Keywords

Exemplary damage lawsuits, Torts -- United States, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA v. Calhoun (Supreme Court case)

Abstract

The article argues that although the 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case, Yamaha Motor Corp. v. Calhoun, which involved a minor, Natalie Calhoun, who died in a jet Yamaha, provides an additional avenue to recover punitive damages for non-seamen maritime torts in territorial waters, Baker and Townsend cases have rendered it unnecessary.

Repository Citation

Josie N. Serigne, Don’t Rock the Boat: Developing a Uniform System of MaritimePunitive Damages After Baker and Townsend, 79 La. L. Rev. (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol79/iss1/12