Legal Opinion
Guevara v. Maritime Overseas Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1995No. 92-04711PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
We reheard this case en banc to reconsider our 1984 decision in Holmes v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., 734 F.2d 1110 (5th Cir.1984), that an award of punitive damages under the general maritime law may be made when an employer willfully and callously refuses to pay maintenance or cure to an injured seaman. Developments in the law since 1984 have caused us to reevaluate the basis for such a punitive award and to conclude that Holmes should be overruled.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The facts and procedural history of this case are set forth in the panel opinion, Guevara v.…
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