California · Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
HNC §259: Neither the master nor the owner of any vesel can recover damages for injuries to the vessel or to himself resulting from a collision growing out of a failure to comply with the provisions of the prec
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Neither the master nor the owner of any vesel can recover damages for injuries to the vessel or to himself resulting from a collision growing out of a failure to comply with the provisions of the preceding six sections.
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