Legal Opinion
Fortis Corporate Insurance, SA v. Viken Ship Management As
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2010No. 08-4478, 08-4479PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR, Associate Justice (Retired).
This is a maritime shipping case involving a claim for rust damage to steel coils caused by exposure to seawater during a journey from Szczecin, Poland to Toledo, Ohio. The central issue in this appeal is whether a ship manager charged with providing a Master, officers and crew, and performing various other ship-management tasks for the shipping vessel qualifies as a “carrier” under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA). We agree with the district court’s finding that such a manager is not a COGSA carrier, and therefore COGSA’s…
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