Legal Opinion
Cement Division, National Gypsum Company, Reed & Brown, Incorporated, New York Marine Managers, Incorporated v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1994No. 93-2545PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
While moored at a berth in the Port of Milwaukee, a ship broke away, crashed into a headwall and sank. The ship’s owners and insurers sued the city. The first appeal to this court resulted in a division of liability, two-thirds to the ship’s owners and one-third to the city. On remand, the district court determined that because the parties were mutually at fault, and because the defendant was a municipality, the defendant would not be liable for prejudgment interest on its share of the amount of damages incurred. We reverse the district court and remand for a calculation…
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3Cited by17 opinions
- City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Eric W. Forman, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Cement Division, National Gypsum Company, Reed and Brown, Incorporated, New York Marine Managers, Incorporated v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Hartman v. DuffeyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
- Pimentel v. Jacobsen Fishing Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
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