re: Biden says that the Fed Gov't is going to fully fund the repair of the Scott Key Bridge

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The sticky wicket is the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, 46 USC § 30501. Which as a precious poster alluded to limits liability to the value of the ship. There are ways to get around the limitation and some preliminary facts have come out which may support that but you can guarantee the litigation involved in this will be very complex and very lengthy.

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I'm not familiar with the act of 1851.

Exxon personally paid $550M punitive damages for the Valdez accident. That was after Exxon paid $1B in lawsuits and an additional $2B in cleanup expenses.

Do we need an appraisal on the Valdez?

Well duh, they have to build a train track in it too. So when history looks back he won't be a complete liar

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Or its insurers. That's what insurance is for


That was my thoughts too. Why even have insurance if they’re just going to get a pass when it’s time to, umm, do their job?

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But on second thought, if I'm the insurance company and shipping company, I'll argue in court that the state/federal government should have had concrete protectors in place. That almost certainly would have prevented the bridge from suffering that kind of damage. And I'll point out that a ship hitting the bridge supports was a foreseeable act, based on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge incident in Tampa many years ago. This whole tragedy was foreseeable and preventable, and the government responsible for the maintenance of the bridge bears a great deal of responsibility.

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the Fed Gov't is going to fully fund the repair of the Scott Key Bridge

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And where does the federal government get their money?

Which means that the Fed is going to launder a ton of money thru Baltimore that will end up in the hands of leftist groups.

Which is sad because the Fed probably should be heavily involved in something of this magnitude in a perfect world. Unfortunately, it'll just be an opportunity to turn the brazenly illegal and immoral into clean Democrat dollars.

When has the government ever paid for anything? All he does is lie

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I'm not familiar with the act of 1851.

Exxon personally paid $550M punitive damages for the Valdez accident. That was after Exxon paid $1B in lawsuits and an additional $2B in cleanup expenses.

Do we need an appraisal on the Valdez?

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In the case of The Valdez accident the liability shield was pierced by the finding Exxon had negligently retained a drunkaholic captain. The original damages were something like 2 Billion and in subsequent appeals brought down to ~500 million but they ended up owing around a billion with interest.

Based on some facts that have come out specifically an interview with a dock maintenance worker who said they were doing repairs on Dali while berthed because they were having electrical issues caused by the refrigerated reefers amount the cargo. If substantiated, causality is shown and privity and knowledge of the vessel owner is proven then the liability caps of Section 30501 disappear.


Since you brought up the Valdez the case took almost 20 years to be fully litigated culminating in a SCOTUS decision. This should be considered when saying the ship owner/shipping company should pay for the bridge. The reality is "we" can't wait that long just like we can't wait a decade or more to spend the money to clear the shipping channel.

They did this so they could rename it BLM LGBTPEDO+ Bridge.

Look at the picture of the Baltimore bridge crash. Look in the water.
Are there a bunch? No. Are they the best? No. Are they there? Yes.