United States First Circuit

In litigation between the owner of a ship and the ship's mortgagor in which the mortgagor sought an award of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses arising from its procured release of the ship after its confiscation and defense of the validity of an insurance policy on the ship, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the mortgagor is affirmed, where: 1) challenges to the district court's denial of the owner's strike and protective order motions were without merit; 2) contractual agreements between the parties as to maintenance of insurance and liability for costs were valid and binding; and 3) the district court properly denied the owner's Rule 59(e) motion to alter or amend the judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2012
• Published 03/16/2012

Judges

• Torruella

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Maldonado Rodriguez, Cristina Belaval Burger