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Legal Liability from Storm Damage
(Dave) wrote in message m...
Het Dave,
Get ready to dish out some dough unless you can shift liability to a
dock owner due to something like the cleats tearing out of the dock.
Back when hurricane alica hit here we went to the Houston ship
channel turning basin for shelter. We found out that many old shrimper
oyster boats ect did the same thing but for a different reason. They
want the ships to break loose and sink them, which many did. The
shipping companies are responsiable and had to buy the boats that they
sunk. 4-5 shrimpers got new boats. The ol timers know all to well
thats thats a good way to get a new boat, And when its crushed into
little peices it hard to tell how good of a boat it was that was sunk.
So the lesson is you better have strong enough lines to keep your
boat in place. Ask Bob how to rig with shackles and thimbles that will
keep you safe.
Joe
Hello:
This past september my docklines broke during a gale sending my Holder
20 sailboat into the neighboring powerboat cause about $5000 in damage
to the powerboat. A claim was filed through my homeowner's insurance.
The claim was rejected because my insurance company said that this
was an act of god and I was not responsible. After several go arounds
with my insurance company, I recommended that the owner of the
powerboat file through his insurance company. I recently found out
that his insurance company rejected the claim because he took to long
to file. Anyhow, the guy who runs my marina recently called me to let
me know that the powerboat owner was planning to sue me. I am
currently looking for an attorney to review this situation, but I was
curious if anyone knew who is legally responsible for the damage,
myself or the powerboat owner. I spoke to an attorney today and he
said that I would need a maritime lawyer for this case. As I searched
maritime law today, I could not find any rules and regs that apply to
my case. The inland rules only talk about responsibility while
underway.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
Holder 20
Marmora, NJ
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