Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Shaw
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided August 26, 1987No. Civ. A. 2:86-0747PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
This admiralty action is brought pursuant to the provisions of the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 183, et seq. Section 183(a) of that Act provides as follows:
“The liability of the owner of any vessel, whether American or foreign, for an embezzlement, loss, or destruction by any person of any property, goods, or merchandise shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of…
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