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IN RE: THE EXXON VALDEZ

Admiralty, Environmental Law
Government settlement of mass pollution claim under Clean Water Act does not bar punitive damages award for private parties also injured by pollution...

HOPKINS v. JORDAN MARINE, INC.

Admiralty
A jury instruction in a Jones Act case that "failing to observe an obvious condition" will not make a vessel unseaworthy is not an assumption of risk...

IN RE COMPLAINT OF HOLLY MARINE TOWING, INC.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure
Where some, but not all, potential plaintiffs stipulate to the applicability of the Limitation of Shipowners' Liability Act, 46 USC 183-189,...

RODRIGUEZ v. BOWHEAD TRANSP. CO.

Admiralty
Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, a standard terminal services agreement between a time charterer and a stevedoring company...

GILLILAND v. E.J. BARTELLS, CO., INC.

Admiralty, Workers' Compensation
Under the Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, an employer may offset its payments to an employee by the actual amount the employee...

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMM'N v. ARKANSAS RIVER CO.

Admiralty
Comparative fault principles may apply to maritime collision cases where a towed barge hits a stationary bridge.

TRANSAMERICA LEASING, INC. v. INST. OF LONDON UNDERWRITERS

Admiralty, Insurance Law
Maritime policy that listed assureds as lessee "and/or Leasing Companies" but specifically listed plaintiff as "loss payee" in policy addendum creates...

NEW YORK MARINE & GEN. INS. CO. v. TRADELINE (L.L.C.)

Admiralty, Insurance Law
Shipper did not breach its duty of "uberrimae fidae", the highest degree of good faith, to marine insurer by informing its agent that it sought...

ROBERTS v. CARDINAL SERVICES, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
A crewman who practices an art developed in land work and transposed to a maritime setting cannot show that at least 30 percent of his time is spent...

NATCO LTD. P'SHIP v. MORAN TOWING OF FLORIDA, INC.

Admiralty
In a towage contract, use of the phrase "any and all loss, damage or liability" in the indemnity provision includes attorneys' fees, despite the fact...