Nautilus Marine, Inc. v. James Niemela John O'Hara Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Inc., a Washington Corporation, in Personam M/v Norquest

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

In this admiralty appeal, we must decide whether the rule of Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927), applies to an allegedly intentional or reckless tort to the property of a third person, which causes loss to the plaintiff only because of a contractual relationship, unknown to the tortfeasor, that the plaintiff had with the injured party. Nautilus Marine, Inc., appeals from the district court's summary judgment denying its claim for lost profits arising from damage that the defendant caused to vessels chartered by Nautilus.…