Anglo Eastern Bulkships Ltd. v. Ameron, Inc.

SOFAER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this action are Anglo Nordic Shipping Limited (“Anglo Nordic”), a Bermuda corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiary Anglo-Eastern Bulkships Limited (“Anglo-Eastern”), a British corporation. The defendant is Ameron, Inc., (“Ameron”), a California corporation. Ameron owns Amercoat Europa N.V., a Netherlands cor poration engaged in the marine coatings trade. Plaintiffs seek substantial damages from defendant Ameron and its subsidiary Amercoat on four theories of liability — negligence, strict products liability, breach of implied warranty of fitness, and…