Legal Opinion
Krawill MacHinery Corp. v. Robert C. Herd & Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 24, 1956No. 8117PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
This is a suit by a shipper against a stevedore and the owner of a floating crane to recover for damage to a heavy press sustained when the case in which it was enclosed fell into Baltimore harbor while it was being loaded from a railroad car onto a ship. The issues are: (I) which defendant was negligent; *556(II) whether, as defendants contend, either (A) the contract between the plaintiff shippers and the carrier, or (B) the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1300 et seq., commonly called Cogsa, limits the liability of either or both defendants in this suit to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pollard v. VintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Reid v. FargoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- A. M. Collins & Co. v. Panama R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Herzog v. MittlemanOregon Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Miller Export Corp. v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Zifferer v. Atlantic Lines, Ltd.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1968
- MONTGOMERY CTY., MARYLAND v. BallDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- Krawill Machinery Corp. v. Robert C. Herd & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1957
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