1) Sompo Japan wins in the S.D.N.Y. for unlimited damages under the Carmack
Amendment, 1217.
2) In addition to binding a shipper to a carrier's limited liability, a freight
forwarder can bind shipper to carrier's forum selection terms, 1236.
3) Dredge day worker who camped in employer's parking lot for his own purposes
cannot prove he was in the service of the ship because the West Nile Fever
he caught likely came form a mosquito that bit him while camping, 1331.
4) Late filing of petition to limit liability saves D.Haw. from determining whether
a kayak is covered by the Limitation of Liability Act, 1382.
5) Second Cir. affirms that City of N.Y. cannot limit its liability for crash of
Staten Is. Ferry into pier, 1389.
6) Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods
Wholly or Partly by Sea, as prepared by UNCITRAL Working Group
III, 1473.
7) Supreme Court punts on whether shipowner may be vicariously liable for
punitive damages, but says they should not have exceeded Exxon Valdez
compensatory damages under admiralty law, 1521.
8) Formula for allocating fault under Collision Convention of 1910 is set out
by SDNY, 1561.
9) Seamen inventing injuries, while denying prior conditions, cause dismissals
at discovery stage in Fla., 1627, 1636.
10) Canadian Ct. of App. reverses ruling that subcontracting railroad cannot limit
damages to cargo owner, 1638.
11) Second Cir. approves second try at satisfying "pay first" rule in P & I policy
of bankrupt shipowner, 1665.
12) Eastern District of Va. recounts Sudanese support of Al Qaeda, leading to
bombing of USS Cole in Yemen, 1691.
13) Failure of foreign vessel to make entry in Oil Record Book for discharge on
high seas becomes domestic crime when ship enters U.S. waters, 1746.
14) A "Misdirected Arrow" misses the target in S.D.N.Y., 1817.
15) Ninth Cir. holds that child support orders may grab a seaman's maintenance
and cure payment, 1845.
16) Registration to do business and appointment of agent for service of process
preclude a Rule B attachment in S.D.N.Y., 1866.
17) Insurance broker usually owes no duty in First Cir. to volunteer advice to
shipowner on adequacy of P & I cover, 1892.
18) An overtaking vessel is not always mostly at fault for a collision in Ninth
Cir., 1922.
19) State trial court does not apply a S.C. state anti-forum-selection-clause statute
in an admiralty case, 2020.
20) Choice of state law in treasure salvage contract does not oust admiralty
jurisdiction, 2054.
American Maritime Cases, Inc.
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