Northern Ins. Co. of NY v. Point Judith Marina

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• finding that no presumption of fault applied because defendant marina did not have exclusive possession of vessel
• where defendant marina did not have exclusive possession of the boat, no presumption of fault would apply.
• “[W]e recognize such standards as some evidence of what a reasonable person would do, not as a definitive statement of [a party’s] obligations.”
• “Though the implied warranty of workmanlike performance is a legal standard, the question of what is required in a workmanlike performance is necessarily a factual question that naturally varies ... based on the scope and nature of the service being undertaken.”

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