Albert Cassens and Doris Cassens v. St. Louis River Cruise Lines, Incorporated, Defendants-Third/party v. United States of America, Third/party

How courts have described this case

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• stating that inspection of vessel by Coast Guard involves balancing considerations of safety and economics and is discretionary function
• concluding the discretionary function exception covered Coast Guard inspectors’ allegedly negligent omission
• judgments made by Coast Guard employees in conducting vessel inspections “require balancing considerations of safety and economics with reference to the needs and uses of the particular vessel being inspected.”
• coast guard inspectors use discretion when conducting inspections
• coast guard inspectors use discretion when conducting inspections

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).