Interocean Ships, Inc. v. Samoa Gases

Opinion and Decision on Damages:

This case revolves around an explosion which took place on the purse seiner Ocean Pearl on November 21, 1983. This action, the final phase of a bifurcated trial, is all that remains of a number of suits filed in various jurisdictions. Due to the long history of the action, we briefly recite the facts as laid out in the court's Opinion and Decision on Liability, issued on December 22, 1992.

On November 16, 1983, the purse seiner Ocean Pearl set sail on a fishing *30voyage from Pago Pago, American Samoa. While on the high seas two days later, the diesel propulsion…