United States Second Circuit

In a suit arising from a maritime accident involving three ships: 1) the district court's allocation of liability is affirmed, where the district court carefully considered and thoroughly explained its liability formula and its allocation percentages; 2) the district court is reversed on the issue of whether the owners of one of the ships were entitled to limit their liability under the Limitation of Liability Act, where it committed clear in finding that the ship owners had knowledge or privity of the acts of negligence that caused the accident; and 3) the case is remanded for the district court to make a specific factual determination of that issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2012
• Published 03/08/2012

Judges

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John D. Kimball, Chester D. Hooper