United States Second Circuit

In an action for money damages alleging $500,000 in damage to cargo, the following rulings are affirmed: 1) shipping contracts limited the defendants' liability to $50; 2) after defendants tendered $50 without conceding liability, judgment in plaintiff's favor in that amount; and 3) plaintiff's claim for damages in excess of $50 is dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2007
• Published 04/23/2007

Judges

• LEVAL, Circuit Judge., Before LEVAL and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Cone, Jr., Cone & Kilbourn, Mount Kisco, N.Y. (Joseph A. Kilbourn, Of Counsel, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant ABN Amro Verzekeringen BV.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew R. Spector, Hyman, Kaplan, Ganguzza, Spector & Mars, P.A., Miami, FL;  Nicholas E. Pantelopoulos, Kaplan, von Ohlen & Massamillo, LLC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Geologistics Americas, Inc., John J. Sullivan, Hill Rivkins & Hayden LLP, New York, N.Y. (Laura R. Landau and Kipp C. Leland, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Alfred James d/b/a Art Messenger and Delivery Service.