Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, Inc. v. Ss John Weyerhaeuser, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Defendants-Appellees-Appellants

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• stating that “shippers or, realistically, their insurers would demand a further inquiry into the degree of the carrier’s culpability, with enormous potential liability”
• stating that ―shippers or, realistically, their insurers would demand a further inquiry into the degree of the carrier‘s culpability, with enormous potential liability‖
• rejecting gross negligence as a basis for deviation because every violation of COGSA's substantive duties would then require a detailed factual inquiry to distinguish gross negligence from plain negligence
• rejecting gross negligence as a basis for deviation because every violation of COGSA’s substantive duties would then require a detailed factual inquiry to distinguish gross negligence from plain negligence
• “the concept of ‘quasi deviation’ in the United States has recognized only one instance, deck stowage of cargo which the carrier had agreed to carry below deck”
• “wanton and willful misconduct” of carrier in tendering an unseaworthy ship does not constitute deviation; probing carrier’s level of culpability to determine possible deviation would create too much uncertainty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).