4th Circ. Says Md. Immunity Doesn't Apply In Tugboat Case

By Linda Chiem ( September 3, 2025, 7:31 PM EDT) -- The Fourth Circuit said Wednesday that a tugboat owner's petition seeking to limit its liability over a 2015 accident involving Maryland's Nanticoke River Memorial Bridge does not infringe on the state's sovereign immunity, so it can proceed in the district court....

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