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		<title>International Pirates Often Go Unprosecuted</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In earlier times, piracy was dealt with severely; a pirate could be made to walk the plank, or left to die of starvation in cages held aloft, a process that could take a long time. Nowadays, countries take a much more “polite” attitude toward pirates, and maritime law has tied the hands of most victims [...]]]></description>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Rules on Bill of Lading</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Rules on on Delivery of Goods Without Bill of Lading A bill of lading is a document that establishes the terms of a contract between two parties. It serves as evidence and a receipt for goods. There has been much confusion when it concerns the bill of lading and whether or not [...]]]></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. Edgar Townsend suffered injuries while he worked on a tugboat belonging to the Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. The company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queens Court Rules on Maritime Damages</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Exxon-Valdez Continues to Haunt Alaskans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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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. On June 25, 2008, the supreme court reduced a $2.5 billion punitive damages award to about [...]]]></description>
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