United States Second Circuit

Under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, where neither the carrier nor the shippers had actual or constructive knowledge of the inherently dangerous nature of shipped goods, 46 U.S.C. section 1304(6) imposes strict liability on the shippers for damages and expenses arising out of the shipment of those goods.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2002
• Published 05/21/2002

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before: SOTOMAYOR, KATZMANN, and B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen H. Vengrow,Cichanowicz, Callan, Keane, Vengrow & Textor, LLP, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nicholas E. Pantelopoulos, Beidermann, Hoenig, Massamillo & Ruff, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Christopher Losquadro, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.