Legal Opinion
Chan v. Society Expeditions, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1997No. Nos. 96-35210, 96-35372PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Society Expeditions (“Society”) and Discoverer Reederei GmbH (“Discoverer”) appeal the district court’s ruling that they are liable for injuries Plaintiffs Benny and Samantha Chan sustained when an inflatable raft on which they were ferried from a cruise ship to shore capsized in the South Pacific. The Chans cross-appeal the district court’s dismissal of their action in rem against the cruise ship WORLD DISCOVERER and the court’s ruling that Liberian law, the law of the ship’s flag, applies to limit their recoverable damages.
This appeal forces us to consider…
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