A first mate who injured his back when he jumped from the commercial fishing vessel onto dock to catch lines cannot collect damages of $538,151.50 on his Jones Act claim because he did not shown causation for his claim that ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Supreme Court of Virginia

The Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a trial court decision setting aside a circuit court’s award of $2 million (reduced from a $25 million jury award) to a merchant seaman who said the shipping company he worked for fired him ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia

On rehearing, the Supreme Court of Virginia reinstates a jury award of $2 million nonpecuniary damages to a widow for the pre-death pain and suffering of a Navy sailor who died of mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos while working as ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Justice Donald W. Lemons Supreme Court of Virginia

A seaman claiming injuries stemming from a fateful shore leave in Korea may have to retry his case against a Norfolk shipping company. The decision by the Supreme Court of Virginia ends the seaman’s hope to reinstate a $25-million jury ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Million-Dollar Verdicts Supreme Court of Virginia

In Virginia’s action for damages to a bridge sign and cables, a tugboat company whose employee fell asleep is not entitled to summary judgment based on Virginia’s alleged lack of a permit, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says; tugboat shows ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Lynchburg U.S. District Court declines to dismiss a South African freight-forwarding company’s suit against defendant, a Lynchburg company that imports and sells linens, for failure to pay for an international shipment of hotel bed linens; the dispute falls within ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court conveys title to the artifacts salvaged from the R.M.S. Titanic to R.M.S. Titanic Inc., but such title is fully subject to the covenants and conditions that the U.S., through the U.S. Attorney, negotiated and finalized ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies a tug boat owner’s claim for exoneration from liability, but grants the owner’s claim for limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30501 et seq., and awards the U.S. ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Filipino seaman who suffered devastating injuries while working aboard the Asian Spirit vessel in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore must arbitrate his claims against the vessel owner and additional defendants; the 4th Circuit affirms the arbitration decision but vacates ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Admiralty Judge Robert B. King

In this suit against John Crane Inc. by the widow of a Navy sailor who died of mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos while working as a ship fitter, the widow may not collect nonpecuniary damages of $2 million for the ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Justice Donald W. Lemons Supreme Court of Virginia