Delaware § 1112 - Liability for collision caused by anchoring in Deep Hole below Broadkiln Creek.
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§ 1112. Liability for collision caused by anchoring in Deep Hole below Broadkiln Creek.
Whenever any captain or commander of a vessel anchors any vessel under the captain’s or commander’s charge within the limits of the place known as the Deep Hole, just below the mouth of Broadkiln Creek, in Sussex County, and whenever, if by reason of the anchoring of the vessel in such place, the vessel so anchoring is injured by collision with another vessel, the captain or commander of the vessel so anchoring shall be held liable as for gross negligence, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the vessel suffering such injury all the actual damages sustained, with costs of suit, to be recovered by a civil action.
Whenever by reason of the anchoring of any vessel in such place any other vessel is injured by collision with the vessel so anchoring, the owner or owners of the vessel so anchoring shall be held liable to the owner or owners of the vessel so injured, as for gross negligence, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the vessel suffering such injury all the actual damages sustained, with costs of suit, to be recovered by a civil action.
13 Del. Laws, c. 152, §§ 1, 2; Code 1915, § 2960; Code 1935, § 3468; 23 Del. C. 1953, § 1112; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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