Director General of India Supply Mission Ex Rel. President of the Union of India v. S.S. Janet Quinn

OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LEVET, District Judge.

This is a libel for cargo damage, tried before the court, the question of the amount, if any, of damages being reserved, only the issue of liability being considered.

The plaintiff seeks to recover for cargo damage sustained during a collision between the S.S. Janet Quinn and M/T Forest Lake and also seeks to recover from the defendants an additional sum which was paid to the defendants as cargo’s contribution to the General Average.

The sole issue aside from damages is whether defendants exercised due diligence before and at…