Legal Opinion
Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill Machinery Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1958No. 7620PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
A stevedoring company was held liable in a civil suit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in the sum of $47,992.04, the full amount of resulting damage when a crated press fell into the Baltimore Harbor. The defendant’s appeal challenges the amount of the judgment awarded. It claims the benefit of the limitation provisions of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (popularly called “Cogsa”), 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 1300-1315,1 and parallel provisions of *948the bill of lading,2 which limit the liability of the carrier to the sum of $500.00 per package or…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Tessler Brothers (b.c.) Ltd. v. Italpacific Line and Matson Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Taylor v. WahbyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Pine Street Trading Corp. v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Rekab, Inc. v. Frank Hrubetz & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Wood Products, Inc. v. CMI Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1986
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