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To: oceanview

Just wondering..if you go out in the Gulf in a powerboat..and manage to tie onto an oil platform that broke loose, and is floating by..if there's NO one aboard, can you make a salvage claim...?


4,116 posted on 08/29/2005 1:42:39 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: ken5050
Just wondering..if you go out in the Gulf in a powerboat..and manage to tie onto an oil platform that broke loose, and is floating by..if there's NO one aboard, can you make a salvage claim...?

I believe you'd have to be able to prove you were actually in control of the salvage (not the other way around).

4,122 posted on 08/29/2005 1:44:12 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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Maritime law answer is yes, but the legal action the oil company would take would make you wish you had not wrestled with that monster. Big oil wins most of their lawsuits in LA.


4,128 posted on 08/29/2005 1:45:32 PM PDT by Quick Shot
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