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FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO. v. TROPICAL SHIPPING & CONSTR. CO., LTD.

United States Eleventh Circuit
Admiralty
Mobile stage trailer qualified as one "package" under Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), 46 USC App. 1304(5) where bill of lading invoked the...
06/19/2001 99-14643

HERMAN FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST v. TEDDY BEAR

United States Ninth Circuit
Admiralty, Civil Procedure
Where district court lacks any basis for original jurisdiction, it lacks authority to adjudicate supplemental claims under 28 USC 1367.
06/13/2001 99-56865

DEMETTE v. FALCON DRILLING CO., INC.

United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ("OCSLA") applies to a rig jacked-up over the outer continental shelf, but while Louisiana law does not apply as...
06/12/2001 00-30165

COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. SEA HARVEST SEAFOOD CO.

United States Tenth Circuit
Admiralty, Insurance Law
The term "derangement or breakdown of the refrigeration machinery" as used in marine insurance contracts does not apply to the failure to operate the...
06/11/2001 99-3393

CONAGRA, INC. v. INLAND RIVER TOWING CO.

United States Eighth Circuit
Admiralty
Despite a lack of documentary evidence, unequivocal witness testimony that the fleet owner made full use of its vessels and lacked spare ones was...
06/08/2001 99-3940

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORP. v. GARRI

United States Supreme Court
Admiralty
Even though not specifically recognized by any admiralty statute, the negligent breach of a general maritime duty of care is actionable under maritime...
06/04/2001 00-346

GROUPE CHEGARAY v. P & O CONTAINERS

United States Eleventh Circuit
Admiralty
Under Subsection 1304(5) of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 USC 1300 et seq., a bill of lading that describes pallets as packages will control in...
05/24/2001 99-14858

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. v. STALLINGS

United States Fourth Circuit
Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
A small award, based on an actual loss of earning capacity, does not as a matter of law preclude an employer from seeking relief under section 8(f) of...
05/23/2001 00-1154

HELLENIC INC. v. BRIDGELINE GAS DISTRIBUTION LLC

United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty
Where the vessel supervisor possessed significant power over the management of an individual job, but could not make "basic business decisions," he...
05/21/2001 00-30428

RESERVE MOORING INC. v. AM. COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE, LLC

United States Fifth Circuit
Admiralty
Physical injury to a proprietary interest is a prerequisite to recovery of economic damages in cases of unintentional maritime tort, so the sinking of...
05/16/2001 00-30611, 00-30944

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