Legal Opinion
Eac Timberlane, Etc. v. Pisces, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 1984No. 83-1555PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
This action in admiralty raises the question of the applicability of the Limitation of Liability Act (Limitations Act), 46 U.S.C. §§ 181-189 (1982), of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), id. §§ 1300-1315, and of principles of general maritime law in determining the liability of a vessel’s owners, charterers, and operators for cargo lost when the vessel carrying the cargo exploded and sank on the high seas. The district court found that the shipowners, charterers, and operators had not contributed either by negligent act or by omission to the explosion that…
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