Kenneth G. Engerrand , Brown Sims P.C., Houston, Texas, for Amicus Curiae Kenneth G. Engerrand.
Michael F. Sturley , Austin, Texas; Lyle C. Cavin Jr. , Law Offices of Lyle C. Cavin Jr., San Francisco, California; William L. Banning , Banning LLP, Rancho Santa Fe, California; Paul T. Hofmann , Hofmann & Schweitzer, Raritan, New Jersey; for Amici Curiae Mick McHenry, Frank Maloney, and Aifeula Moloasi.
John R. Hillsman , McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Sailors' Union of the Pacific.
Robert S. Peck and Jeffrey R. White , Center for Constitutional Litigation P.C., Washington, D.C.; Larry A. Tawwater , President, American Association for Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae American Association for Justice.
Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
We address the availability of punitive damages for unseaworthiness.
This case comes to us on a 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) certification for interlocutory appeal. The district court certified the appeal, and we granted permission for it. District courts within our circuit have divided on the...
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