訴訟s over Baltimore 橋（渡しをする） 崩壊（する） likely, though 限られた／立憲的な, lawyers say
By Diana Novak Jones
March 28 (Reuters) - The owner, 操作者 and charterer of the コンテナ ship that struck Baltimore´s Francis Scott 重要な 橋（渡しをする） on Tuesday are likely to 直面する 訴訟s over its 崩壊（する） and the people killed or 負傷させるd, but 合法的な 専門家s say U.S. 海上の 法律 could 限界 the companies´ 義務／負債.
U.S. 法律s 付随するing to open-water 航海 and shipping, which are created through 法廷，裁判所 決定／判定勝ち（する）s and by 行為／法令／行動するs of 議会, could 制限する the 肉親，親類d of 訴訟s とじ込み／提出するd against the 登録（する）d owner of the Singapore-flagged ship, Grace Ocean Pte Ltd, its 経営者／支配人 Synergy 海洋 Group and its charterer Maersk , and could 限界 the 損害賠償金 they would have to 支払う／賃金, three 合法的な 専門家s told Reuters.
代表者／国会議員s for Synergy and Maersk 拒絶する／低下するd to comment on the 可能性のある for litigation. 成果／努力s to reach a spokesperson for Grace Ocean were not successful.
The 経済的な 損害賠償金 苦しむd by the city of Baltimore from the 終結 of the port, the busiest port for car 出荷／船積みs in the U.S., or by 商売／仕事s that rely on it and the now-崩壊（する）d 橋（渡しをする） would not be recoverable through 訴訟s, said ツバメ Davies, director of the 海上の 法律 中心 at Tulane University School of 法律.
That's because U.S. 法廷，裁判所s have 解釈する／通訳するd a 1927 U.S. 最高裁判所 判決，裁定 to mean that any 純粋に 経済的な 損害賠償金 from 海上の 出来事/事件s can´t be 回復するd from the ship´s owners and 操作者s, Davies and other 専門家s said.
Instead, 訴訟s would be 限られた／立憲的な to 傷害s, death and 所有物／資産／財産 損失 or losses, such as （人命などを）奪う，主張するs from the people 害（を与える）d by the 崩壊（する） or （人命などを）奪う，主張するs over the 損失 to the 橋（渡しをする） itself, likely brought by 政府 （独立の）存在s.
The 訴訟s are likely to be とじ込み／提出するd in 連邦の 法廷，裁判所, the 専門家 s said. The 原告／提訴人s may also ask a 連邦の 裁判官 to "逮捕（する）" the ship, and 妨げる it from leaving the 裁判権 while the litigation plays out, they said.
Those with 経済的な 損害賠償金 might be able to get 補償（金） from 保険 政策s. 保険会社s could 直面する billions of dollars in （人命などを）奪う，主張するs, 分析家s said, with one putting the cost at as much as $4 billion, which would make the 悲劇 a 記録，記録的な／記録する shipping 保険 loss.
Traffic was stopped on Tuesday before the ship, 指名するd the Dali, struck the pylon that led to the 橋（渡しをする）´s 崩壊（する）, likely saving lives. But eight people fell into the river, where water 気温s were 47 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius).
The remains of two of the six 行方不明の 労働者s were 回復するd on Wednesday with the remaining four 推定するd dead. Two 労働者s were 救助（する）d, one 無事の and one 負傷させるd. The ship's owner, its 操作者, charterer and even the ship itself could 直面する （人命などを）奪う，主張するs for those 傷害s or deaths.
Under 海上の 法律, a 犠牲者 can 告訴する the ship itself, in contrast to 法律s 付随するing to car 衝突，墜落s, and have it sold to 満足させる their judgment, said Robert Anderson, a professor at the University of Arkansas School of 法律.
But an 1851 法律 限界s the shipowners´ 義務／負債 to the 現在の value of the ship, which could be in tens of millions of dollars, said Anderson and Baltimore 海上の 原告／提訴人s´ 弁護士／代理人／検事 Charles Simmons Jr.
Davies and Simmons said they 推定する／予想する the shipowners to 嘆願（書） a 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 for that 制限 of 義務／負債, and Anderson said the shipowners will likely rely on 義務／負債 保険 to 支払う／賃金 any 損害賠償金. But if 証拠 shows that the shipowners were somehow at fault for the 衝突，墜落, they could lose the ability to 限界 their 義務／負債, the 専門家s said.
Questions have arisen about the Dali's 条件 when i t 攻撃する，衝突する the pylon and problems identified during previous 査察s, which could come into play as a 法廷，裁判所 評価するs whether to 限界 the 損害賠償金, said Simmons.
"If there was any 指示，表示する物 that the ship had pre-存在するing 問題／発行するs, these guys are not going to get out on a 制限 of 義務／負債," he said.
An unusual feature of these （人命などを）奪う，主張するs is that any 訴訟s とじ込み／提出するd on に代わって of people 負傷させるd or killed in the 崩壊（する） will not be 支配するd to a Maryland 法律 that caps 非，不，無-経済的な 損害賠償金 in wrongful death 事例／患者s to about $1.4 million, because it isn´t 認めるd by 海上の 法律, Simmons said. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Diana Jones; Editing by Leigh Jones and Lisa Shumaker)
