Legal Opinion
Berkeley v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 28, 1975No. 80-71C2PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEKS, Senior District Judge.
On December 12, 1968, the crab fishing vessel NORTH SEA broke apart while encountering gale winds and mountainous seas, and was lost off Sen-net Point, Alaska. Poul Henning Beer-Hansen and Elmer Thomas Olsen, crew members, and Edwin T. Grabowski, master, perished. Benjamin Golodoff, crew member, survived.
At the time of the casualty the NORTH SEA was owned by Northern Fishing & Trading Company, Inc. (Northern). It had been demised to Aleutian King Crab, Inc. (Aleutian), and it was being operated by Grabowski under a sub-bareboat charter from Aleutian.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. The Employers Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Blohm v. Glens Falls InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1962
- Holland America Insurance v. National Indemnity Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1969
- Millard v. Irwin, Owner of the Yacht "Jomie" v. Eagle Star Insurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. LiMauroNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- R. A. Hanson Co. v. Aetna InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1980
- Carrabba v. Employers Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- The Home Insurance Company v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Not a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Farmers Home Mutual Insurance v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
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