GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
While a 45-foot yacht was being unloaded from the cargo ship that had carried it as a deck load from Taiwan to the port of Tacoma, the yacht slipped from its slings and fell into the water. The ultimate issue in the resulting litigation is whether the carrier and the stevedore are liable to the shipper for the actual damage to the yacht (as stipulated), or for the $500 per "package" limitation provided for cargo of undeclared value in the bill...
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