Legal Opinion
Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 15, 2017No. 16-1589PPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of an incident on the South Boston Waterfront, where a large military transport vessel, the FISHER, unexpectedly spilled over 11,-000 gallons of fuel next to Boston Harbor. Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company (“Ironshore”), the entity that paid the cleanup costs, appeals from a district court order dismissing claims it brought against American Overseas Marine Company, LLC (“AMSEA”) and the United States under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2761, general admiralty and maritime law. After carefully considering the parties’…
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