liability for unseaworthiness
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Definitions from Case Law
From 328 U.S. 85 - Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 1946Most cited · 4,072 citing opinions
It is essentially a species of liability without fault, analogous to other well known instances in our law. Derived from and shaped to meet the hazards which performing the service imposes, the liability is neither limited by conceptions of negligence nor contractual in character. It is a form of absolute duty owing to all within the range of its humanitarian policy.