William F. Calkins, Owner (Pro Hac Vice) of the Fishing Vessel, Lucky One, in an Action for Limitation of Liability v. Sherry-Lee Graham

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• holding that an agent of a vessel’s owner was not a statutory charterer when there was “no evidence” that the agent “manned, victualled or navigated” the vessel
• noting that the non-owner who asserted he operated and managed the vessel did not have “exclusive possession and control of the vessel” at the time of the accident, therefore he could not be considered an “owner” under the Act
• finding a 6 vessel operator was not considered an owner under the Act because although he operated 7 and managed the vessel, he did not have “exclusive possession and control of the vessel” 8 at the time of the accident
• “[T]he statute has been construed liberally to cover . . . title owners of a vessel.”
• “[T]he statute has been construed liberally to cover . . . title owners of a vessel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).