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The T.J. Hooper
60 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1932)
Owners of cargo that was being transported on two barges that sank at sea in a storm sued the owners of the tugboats the T.J. Hooper and the Montrose. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants were negligent in failing to equip their tugboats with radios that would have provided reports of the impending storm. The plaintiff presented evidence that the tugboat captains (known as a "masters"), had they heard the weather reports, would have turned back.
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