Western Pioneer, Inc. v. International Specialty, Inc.

This admiralty action arises out of the collision in the Puget Sound between the Bowfin, owned by Western Pioneer, and the barge Lucky Buck, owned by Claimant Signature Seafoods. Western Pioneer initiated this Limitation of Liability Act1 proceeding following the collision. The district court held that Western Pioneer was entitled to limit its liability under the Act. We affirm.

The Limitation of Liability Act limits shipowner liability arising from the unseaworthiness of the shipowner’s vessel or the negligence of the vessel’s crew unless the condition of unseaworthiness or the act of…