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  1. NovaEngr

    Baltimore Bridge collapse after ship collision

    Admiralty Law (aka, maritime law) has a hard limit on the liability of a ship owner for an accident like this. The limit is the value of the vessel and the cargo. While this vessel and cargo were likely pretty valuable by vessel and cargo standards, it will be a very, very small percentage of...
  2. NovaEngr

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse

    Wonder what the lead agency would be for the investigation? With a transportation failure, including bridges, it would be the NTSB. Even the FIU pedestrian bridge investigation was led by the NTSB. I'm not aware of an established process for a building failure investigation or even what...
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