Carbotrade S.p.A. v. Bureau Veritas

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Carbotrade S.p.A. (“Carbotrade”) appeals from an opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John G. Koeltl, District Judge) that granted the motion of defendant Bureau Veritas (“BV”) for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). Carbotrade’s suit followed the sinking of a vessel, the Star of Alexandria, which had been classified by BV — negligently in the view of Carbotrade — as complying both with international conventions and with BVs own rules and regulations. The district court, applying United…