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Dec. 29, 2007
Maritime Mediations Make This Neutral's Day
The maritime mugging may sound like a tale in which fates are decided on the high seas. Instead, the swashbuckling story settled recently just a short walk from the Port of San Francisco in the Embarcadero Center offices of JAMS. That's where Jerry Spolter has been mediating the captain's claims that the ship was not seaworthy because it didn't have appropriate lighting and security that could've prevented the pirates' ambush.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Pirates board a ship in Ecuador, lock the crew in a hold and hogtie the captain. With a gun pointed to the skipper's head, they demand the boat's loot.
The maritime mugging may sound like a tale in which fates are decided on the high seas. Instead, the swashbuckling story settled recently just a short walk from the Port of ...
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