Legal Opinion
Rockwell International Corp. v. M/V Incotrans Spirit
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 8, 1989No. H-87-1869PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LAKE, District Judge.
Before the Court are the motions of the carrier and stevedore in this cargo damage action for summary judgment to limit their liability to $500 per package under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (“COGSA”), 46 U.S.C.App. § 1304(5) and the “Himalaya Clause” of the bill of lading. The shipper argues that the doctrine of deviation precludes application of the COGSA limitation of liability.
Plaintiff, Rockwell International Corp., shipped a cargo of “sheet fed. offset press,” packed in 45 crates from Bremen, West Germany, to Houston, Texas, on the M/V…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Hostetter v. ParkSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Petition of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United States. The Edmund FanningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- G. W. Sheldon & Co. v. Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-GesellschaftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
- Allstate Insurance Company, a Corporation v. International Shipping Corp., a Florida Corporation, Gulf Caribbean Marine Lines, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hill Construction Corp. v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Rockwell International Corp. v. M/V Incotrans SpiritCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Cubero Valderama v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1996
- Hill Construction Corporation, D/B/A Hill Helicopters Rental Service v. American Airlines, Inc., Hill Construction Corporation, D/B/A Hill Helicopters Rental Service v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Hill Construction v. American AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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