The owner of the cargo ship that hit the Baltimore Bridge may encounter millions of dollars in damage claims after the casualty sent vehicles plunging into the water and led the eastern transportation network of the US into chaos.
However, legal specialists believe there is a way to lessen the liability of a 19th-century law that was once invoked by the Titanic’s owner, limiting the payout for the catastrophic 1912 sinking.
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