American Smelting and Refining Co. v. S.S. Irish Spruce, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., and Irish Shipping Ltd., Complaint of Irish Shipping Ltd., as Owner of the s.s."irish Spruce", for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Compania Peruana De Vapores, S.A., Claimant-Appellant v. Sprague & Rhodes Commodity Corp., Claimants-Appellees’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 56 · 1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
March 1989
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Shyne · Mahone v. Birmingham Electric Co. · Cirsosky v. Smathers
Most-quoted passages
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““fortuity [having] nothing to do with proximate cause. Liability must rest on causal relationship between the negligent aspect of the conduct and the harm resulting from the conduct.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Liability must rest on causal relationship between the negligent aspect of the conduct and the harm resulting from the conduct. ... Where the absence of up- to-date manuals and charts is an unsea-worthy condition, the damage that is proximately caused by this unseaworthiness is such damage as is attributable to inadequacy of the out-of-date materials.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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