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Maritime Accident Laws Overview

This document outlines Philippine laws and jurisprudence related to maritime accidents and transportation. It discusses averages, collisions, arrival under stress, shipwreck, and salvage law. Specifically, it cites several Supreme Court cases that define terms or set precedents around liability for collisions and compensation for salvage services. The document serves as a module on transportation laws for a law school course.

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Maritime Accident Laws Overview

This document outlines Philippine laws and jurisprudence related to maritime accidents and transportation. It discusses averages, collisions, arrival under stress, shipwreck, and salvage law. Specifically, it cites several Supreme Court cases that define terms or set precedents around liability for collisions and compensation for salvage services. The document serves as a module on transportation laws for a law school course.

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UNIVERSITY

 OF  SAN  CARLOS  


SCHOOL  OF  LAW  AND  GOVERNANCE  
College  of  Law  
 
RELEVANT  LAWS  AND  JURISPRUDENCE  
(Transportation  Laws)  
 
Module  10  
 
Maritime  Accidents  
 
Averages  
Ø Phil.  Home  Assurance  Corporation  v.  Court  of  Appeals,  et  al.,  G.R.  No.  106999,  
June  20,  1996  
Ø National  Development  Co.  v.  Court  of  Appeals,  et  al.,  G.R.  No.  L-­‐49407,  August  
19,  1988    
 
Collisions  
Ø Definition  
Ø Zones  in  Collision;  Rules  on  Liability  
Ø National  Development  Co.  v.  Court  of  Appeals,  et  al.,  G.R.  No.  L-­‐49407,  August  
19,  1988  
Ø Mecenas  v.  Court  of  Appeals,  et  al.,  G.R.  No.  88052,  Dec.  14,  1989  
Ø Maritime  Protest  
 
Arrival  Under  Stress  
Ø Definitions  and  Steps  
 
Shipwreck  
Ø Definition  
 
Salvage  Law  (Act  No.  2616)  
 
Ø Phil.  Home  Assurance  Corporation  v.  Court  of  Appeals,  et  al.,  G.R.  No.  106999,  
June  20,  1996  
Ø Barrios  v.  Go  Thong  (L-­‐17192,  March  30,  1963)  
Ø Sec.  17,  P.D.  No.  1521  
 
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