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		<title>Supreme Court Decision on Seamen&#8217;s Rights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U. S Supreme Court heard and decided Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v Edgar Townsend (Case WL 1789469), a case that protects a seaman&#8217;s right to receive damages if an employer withholds obligatory maintenance and cure.
Edgar Townsend suffered injuries while he worked on a tugboat belonging to the Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. The company allegedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v Edgar Townsend</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U. S Supreme Court heard and decided Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v Edgar Townsend (Case WL 1789469), a case that protects a seaman&#8217;s right to receive damages if an employer withholds obligatory maintenance and cure.
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		<title>Queens Court Rules on Maritime Damages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TimesOnline.co.uk &#8211; There was no rule in the Admiralty Court that, where there was no counterclaim, a claimant found partially at fault should recover only a proportion of its costs according to the percentage of liability of the defendant.
Mr Justice Aikens so stated on August 1, 2008, in the Admiralty Court of the Queen’s Bench [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Exxon-Valdez Continues to Haunt Alaskans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For nearly twenty years, Alaskans have been fighting a class action suit against oil giant Exxon Mobil for damages related to the Mar 24, 1989 oil spill, now recognized as one of the largest environmental disasters in US History.
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