Environmental
Nov. 10, 2007
Bay Area Spill Gives Maritime Law Case New Relevancy
A ship that hit a tower of the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Wednesday and fouled local waters with 58,000 gallons of bunker oil also may have struck an unusual shoal in maritime law.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A ship that hit a tower of the San Francisco Bay Bridge Wednesday and fouled local waters with 58,000 gallons of bunker oil may also have struck an unusual shoal in maritime law.
Traditionally, ship owners are exempt from punitive damages when captains blunder. But that key principle of maritime law was torpedoed in a contro...
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