Legal Opinion
Kim Crest, SA v. MV SVERDLOVSK
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 18, 1990No. Civ. A. H-87-3377PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HUGHES, District Judge.
1. Introduction.
On October 28, 1987, the M.V. Sverdlovsk, traveling inbound in the Houston Ship Channel, rammed the starboard quarter of the M.V. Cisco, damaging both vessels. Baltic Shipping Company escapes direct in personam liability because the compulsory pilot was solely at fault. Baltic Shipping Company, as an agent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is indirectly liable in personam, however, for the damages caused by the Sverdlovsk to the extent the ship would have been liable in rem.
2. Vessels.
The Cisco, owned and…
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