ELR Citation: ELR 20140
No(s). 94-1059 (1st Cir. Aug 18, 1994)

The court holds that the federal admiralty rule that economic losses are not recoverable absent physical harm precludes shellfish dealers' federal claims for economic damages resulting from an oil spill in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, but that the federal rule does not preempt the dealers' state-...