United States Second Circuit

Shipper did not breach its duty of "uberrimae fidae", the highest degree of good faith, to marine insurer by informing its agent that it sought rainwater insurance because of impending rain.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/21/2001
• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 10/03/2001

Judges

• F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judge:, Before: MESKILL, F.I. PARKER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John A.V. Nicoletti,Nicoletti, Hornig, Campise & Sweeney, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp., Ltd., Timothy G. Hourican, Brown Gavalas & Fromm LLP, New York, NY (David H. Fromm, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellee-Cross-Appellant New York Marine & General Insurance Company and Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellee Mutual Marine Office, Inc., Anthony J. Pruzinsky, Hill Rivkins & Hayden LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Tradeline (L.L.C.)., Barbara A. Sheehan, Peterson & Ross, New York, NY, for Second-Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Frenkel & Co., Inc.