Legal Opinion
John S. Pace v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 19, 1988No. 86-2130PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves an insurance claim based upon the sinking on March 25, 1984, in daylight hours and calm waters, of a 72-foot wooden Rhode Island fishing vessel “PATRIOT.” The plaintiff-appellee, Pace, was the boat’s owner and the defendant-appellant, Insurance Company of North America (“INA”), the issuer of a commercial hull policy in effect when the loss occurred.
The sinking resulted from an incursion of water which PATRIOT’S captain, James Wilbur, thought was coming from a leaking hose servicing the deck wash pump. The hose seemed to be leaking at the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Anderson v. Continental InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
- Christian v. American Home Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
- Bibeault v. Hanover InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Gordon H. Hubbard and Shirley M. Hubbard v. Faros Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Jaclyn G. Oulds, an Individual v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., an Iowa Corporation and Principal Financial Group, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Hendricks & Associates, Inc. v. Daewoo CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Reuter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1991
- Windsor Mount Joy Mutual Insurance v. GiragosianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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