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Forrest Booth
publishes article in the IBA Martime & Transport Law Committee Newsletter.
Forrest Booth, Member and head of the Maritime
Practice Group of Severson & Werson, recently published
an article that discusses an important Admiralty case decision
(Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Inlet Fisheries, Inc.) handed
down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The Ninth
Circuit is the largest of the federal circuits. The article is directed
at an audience of foreign lawyers, who may not be familiar with U.S.
law and our federal system. Mr. Booth examines the court’s ruling
that the doctrine of Utmost Good Faith is an established part of federal
admiralty law, and that it applies to the interpretation of all marine
insurance policies. Mr. Booth’s article explains that this ruling
is significant for two reasons; first, the Ninth Circuit followed several
other circuits in its ruling, but it considered and rejected a notable
case from the Fifth Circuit which held to the contrary. Also the court
held that federal and not state law applies to maritime policies,
due to the need for nation-wide uniformity in maritime law.
The article is published in the June 2008 issue of the International
Bar Association’s Maritime and Transport Law Committee newsletter.
To request a copy of this article, please contact Forrest Booth or you
may download
it from here.
"Inlet Fishing in a Wilburn Boat: Utmost
Good Faith in the Ninth Circuit," Forrest Booth Publishes
Article in Benedict's Maritime Bulletin
Forrest Booth, Member and head of Severson
& Werson's Maritime
Practice Group, has published an article that discusses a
recent case decision (Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v.
Inlet Fisheries, Inc. ) handed down by the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals in San Francisco. Mr. Booth examines the court's ruling
that the doctrine of Utmost Good Faith is an established part
of federal admiralty law, and that it applies to the interpretation
of all marine insurance policies. Mr. Booth's article explains
that this ruling is significant for two reasons; first, the Ninth
Circuit followed several other circuits in its ruling, but it
considered and rejected a notable case from the Fifth Circuit
which held to the contrary. Also the court held that federal and
not state law applies to maritime policies, due to the need
for uniformity in maritime law, nation-wide.
The article is published in the First Quarter 2008, Benedict's
Maritime Bulletin (Vol. 6, No.1), a publication by Matthew Bender.
To request a copy of this article, please contact Forrest
Booth. |
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