Legal Opinion
Cliffs-Neddrill Turnkey International-Oranjestad v. M/T Rich Duke
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 17, 1991No. 91-3182PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
The question presented on this appeal arising out of admiralty is an unusual one: when a ship under way collides with a ship at anchor, can the stationary vessel possibly be at fault under concepts of comparative negligence as applied in admiralty law, even though the moving ship observed the stationary ship well in advance of the allision? 1 Our answer may appear counterin-tuitive, but we nevertheless determine that in such circumstances the stationary ship can be found to be partially at fault, even though at anchor, when it has violated statutory…
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