The Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. M v. Tourcoing, Wilhelmsen Lines A.S., and Maher Terminals, Inc.

Plaintiff Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Company (“Nippon”) appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, Judge) dismissing defendant vessel, which had been named but not “arrested,” and ordering recovery of $3,750 by Nippon — for damage to cargo shipped by Nippon’s insured — from a cargo carrier, defendant Wilhelmsen Lines A.S. (“Wilhelmsen”), and a stevedore, defendant Maher Terminals, Inc. (“Maher”). Nippon contends that the District Court erred by applying the $500 per package limitation on liability…