This edition of BI News contains articles on A shipowner's obligation to those lawfully on board, proof of negligence post Scindia, the role of jury focus groups, negotiating damages through BI mediation and managing the cost of maritime healthcare in the US.

This edition of BI News contains articles on recent legal decisions concerning longshore workers (page 3 and page 8); heavy weather incidents (page 5); medical consolidation (page 9) and troubling news for cruise line operators with the groundbreaking Franza ruling - page 10.

In this edition Good investigative practice, obstruction of justice, Post-accident arbitration agreements,

The first of our bi-annual editions of Thomas Miller Americas' Bodily Injury News is published this week. The lead editorial from TMA President & CEO Mike Jarrett is reproduced below. Click on the PDF to download the full newsletter.

This early summer edition of the Bodily Injury Newsletter places particular emphasis on 'maintenance and cure'.  The breadth of exposure through this avenue of claim is not widely understood. The seemingly limitless potential for punitive damages where owners fail to pay maintenance and cure, is explored as is the trend towards palliative treatment which raises the prospect of a continued cost for owners. Recent issues and developments arising from crew injury through falling overboard and parting mooring lines are also reviewed.