The United States Supreme Court first recognized products liability, including strict liability, as part of the general maritime law in East River Steamship S.S. Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval, Inc., ...

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"As you might expect, hurricanes create delays in vessel movements and time is money. Who pays for the delays encountered?" writes columnist Keith Letourneau. Aside from the destruction that flows ...

Grady Hurley, a partner and co-leader of the maritime litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution team at Jones Walker LLP, has been elected president of the Maritime Law Association of the United ...

In the early morning of March 26, the Singapore-registered container ship MV Dali, after losing power, collided with a main pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that spans the Patapsco River and the ...

The massive cargo ship crash that destroyed the Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday will probably cost various shipping companies and insurers billions of dollars in damages. But lawyers, ...

Thomas "Buddy" Bardenwerper during his time at the U.S. Coast Guard before his medical retirement. Courtesy photo. When the cruise ferry Caribbean Fantasy began to burn off Puerto Rico, Thomas "Buddy" ...