The owner of the container vessel involved in the Baltimore bridge collision and subsequent collapse may evade paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims thanks to an obscure law from the 19th century.
The accident resulted in multiple vehicles plummeting into the water, causing widespread disruption across the eastern US transportation network. Authorities have presumed six people dead, while six crew members aboard the ship are reported missing.
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Some reports suggest that the disaster could lead to an indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest on the US Eastern Seaboard.
Considering all these factors, the shipowner may potentially face claims amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. But legal experts cited in a Bloomberg News report mentioned that the ship’s owner could potentially minimise liability by utilising a law similar to the one…
