The following excerpt is from Trinidad Corp. v. S.S. KEIYOH MARU, 845 F.2d 818 (9th Cir. 1988):
1 Previously, a rule of divided damages prevailed. See The Schooner Catharine v. Dickinson, 58 U.S. (17 How.) 170, 15 L.Ed. 233 (1854), which held that when both vessels were at fault in a collision, the damages would be equally divided between them. Id. 58 U.S. (17 How.) at 177.
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