Dominion Terminal Associates v. M/V CAPE DAISY

ORDER AND OPINION

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This matter concerns the responsibility of a docking pilot in docking a ship at a pier. The Defendant Charles L. Roughton has filed a cross-claim against Defendants M/V Cape Daisy and Shinken Trading Panama Corporation in which he asserts that, by virtue of a “pilot’s exculpatory clause,” he is not liable to Defendants for ordinary acts of negligence while serving as a docking pilot on the Cape Daisy. Moreover, Defendant Roughton contends that such an exculpatory provision creates an indemnity right against Defendant M/V Cape Daisy and a right to all…