California Harbors and Navigation Code Section 290

CA Harb & Nav Code § 290 (2017)  

If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by the vessel unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018