Harb. & Nav. Code, § 291 · Article 2. Liability
Harb. & Nav. Code, § 291
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Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a vessel to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of the person in charge of the deck at the time, unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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