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Fifth Circuit· 10/31/1988

Verdin v. C & B Boat Co.

Citations

  • 860 F.2d 150
  • 1988 WL 113663

How courts have described this case

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  • failure to maintain safety chains which caused hatch cover to slip and tugboat captain to fall to his death was “a continuing act of negligence” that precluded limitation of liability
  • failure to inspect equipment on regular basis constituted “continuing act of negligence” sufficient to preclude limitation

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Judges: King, Reavley, Smith

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