Strachan v. The "Constant Craving" et al., 2003 FCT 86

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This was an action by the Plaintiffs against the Defendants in negligence for damage caused to the Plaintiffs’ vessel when the Defendant’s vessel caught fire. The Plaintiffs established through expert evidence that the cause of the fire was the ignition of gas fumes in the Defendant’s vessel. The source of the fumes was a rusted gas tank and the source …

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