SAWYER BROTHERS, INC. v. ISLAND TRANSPORTER, LLC

No. 16-2470.

887 F.3d 23 (2018)

SAWYER BROTHERS, INC.; Ryan Sawyer; and Ross Sawyer, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. ISLAND TRANSPORTER, LLC; and M/V Island Transporter (O.N. 1087160), Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence G. Kenneally , with whom Clinton & Muzyka P.C. was on brief, for appellants.

Twain Braden , with whom Leonard W. Langer and Thompson Bowie & Hatch LLC were on brief, for appellees.

Before Barron, Selya, and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


Sawyer Brothers, Inc. hired Island Transporter, LLC to ferry three construction vehicles and their drivers from Rockland, Maine to North Haven, Maine. The M/V ISLAND TRANSPORTER encountered rough seas while traversing Penobscot Bay, and two of the vehicles tipped over onto the vessel...

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