The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently released a decision about an attorney who sought a salvage award related to the S.S. Central America. The 280' sidewheel steamer sank off the coast of the Carolinas in 1857 with about 15 tons of gold on board. In 1988 the S.S. Central America was discovered and scores of insurers who'd paid out on the loss more than a 100 years earlier now wanted their share. Legal battles followed and just when you thought the waters were still, a law firm filed a claim.
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