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Washington Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Available for General Unseaworthiness Claim
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Washington Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Available for General Unseaworthiness Claim |
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On
March 9, 2017, The Supreme Court of the State of Washington
held that punitive damages are available to plaintiffs under
a general maritime unseaworthiness claim. See Tabingo
v. Am. Triumph LLC, No.
92913-1, 2017 Wash. Lexis 328 (Mar. 9, 2017). In Tabingo,
Plaintiff Allan Tabingo, brought a Jones Act negligence claim
and multiple general maritime claims, including one for
unseaworthiness, against defendants American Triumph LLC
(“American Triumph”) and American Seafoods Company LLC
(“American Seafoods”). Tabingo was working as a
deckhand on a fishing trawler when he had two fingers
amputated by a hydraulic hatch due to a broken control
handle. Tabingo alleged that American Seafoods knew about the
broken control handle for two (2) years prior to the
incident, but failed to repair it. Tabingo sought to recover
punitive damages under his general maritime claim for
unseaworthiness.
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