United States Fifth Circuit

Where defendant failed to show that it is entitled to the defense of "insufficient packaging" under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 USC 1304(2)(n), plaintiff is entitled to judgment and damages based on detailed bills of lading.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/10/2001
• Published 04/10/2001

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before KENNEDY,JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Glenn Myer (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch-Civil Div., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., William Andrew Durham (argued), John Stuart Lilly, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants and Defendants-Appellees.