Evergreen International, S.A. v. Norfolk Dredging Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a district court’s credibility determinations “deserv[e] the highest degree of appellate deference” (quotation omitted)
• noting that a district court’s cred- ibility determinations \deserv[e] the highest degree of appel- late deference\ (quotation omitted)
• applying the doctrine of superseding cause to a maritime negligence case
• affirming the district court’s ruling finding a container ship ninety percent at fault for alliding with an underwater dredge pipe located outside of the navigable channel and at depth of twenty-seven feet when the container ship draws almost thirty-seven feet
• “Under maritime tort law, liability for collisions as well as allisions is apportioned based upon comparative fault.”
• “The elements of a maritime negligence cause of action are essentially the same as land-based negligence under the common law, free of ‘inappropriate common law concepts.””

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).