Legal Opinion
Ferro Union, Inc. v. M/V TAMAMONTA
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 7, 2004No. 02 CIV.2010(VM)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
Primarily at issue in these cross-motions for summary judgment is whether a consignee of goods can recover damages against a carrier responsible for damaging the goods, where the consignee’s only measure of damages is its insurance award. Because the Second Circuit has already answered this question in the negative, the Court grants the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismisses the case.
I. BACKGROUND 1
In October 2000, plaintiff Ferro Union, Inc. (“Ferro Union”), a Houston company, purchased over 2,000 metric tons of steel pipes from a…
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