Article by F. Nash Bilisoly
This Article details the importance of a plaintiff's status for recovery of personal injury damages in maritime law. It examines the qualifying tests and available damages for seamen, longshore and harbor workers, offshore workers, scientific research workers, general passengers, and other maritime tort victims. Analysis of the available recovery, particularly the changing law on nonpecuniary damages, demonstrates the inconsistency in maritime law, despite the stated goal of uniformity.
About the Author
F. Nash Bilisoly. Partner at Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Virginia. Graduate of Tulane Law School, J.D., 1979 and The College of William & Mary, B.A., 1977.
Citation
72 Tul. L. Rev. 493 (1997)