Mrs. Edith Boudoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.

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• noting that it is incumbent upon “a competent shipmaster [to] evaluate data continuously”
• application of in extremis doctrine inappropriate where storm tides from hurricane were predicted several days in advance
• “it is the nature of the calling of the shipmaster to know of the tempestuous forces of wind and tide and sea”
• that a hurricane hit did not absolve the defendant from having to establish affirmatively that it had not been negligent
• in extremis standard does not apply to captain who had time to choose a safer berth before hurricane struck
• application of in extremis doctrine inappropriate where storm tides from hurricane were predicted several days in advance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).