Legal Opinion
Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V Testbank
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1985No. 82-3059PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to abandon physical damage to a proprietary interest as a prerequisite to recovery for economic loss in cases of unintentional maritime tort. We decline the invitation.1
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In the early evening of July 22, 1980, the M/V SEA DANIEL, an inbound bulk carrier, and the M/V TESTBANK, an outbound container ship, collided at approximately mile forty-one of the Mississippi River Gulf outlet. At impact, a white haze enveloped the ships until carried away by prevailing winds, and containers aboard TESTBANK were damaged and lost overboard. The white haze…
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