Legal Opinion
Royal Insurance v. S.S. Maracaibo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 28, 1980No. 77 Civ. 4036 (MEL)Published
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Royal Insurance Company, Ltd.-sues as cargo underwriter to recover for damage to a shipment of one hundred and two jeep pickup trucks transported aboard the S. S. Maracaibo during late September and early October 1975 from Baltimore, Maryland to La Guaira, Venezuela.
*516At trial, Royal Insurance was held to. have proven a prima facie case of liability1 establishing that the jeeps were received aboard the Maracaibo in good condition and unloaded in damaged condition, and that Royal Insurance’s agents had paid the owner of the jeeps for their damage (Tr. 32-33).2
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Clark v. BarnwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Nichimen Company, Inc. v. M. v. Farland, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and A/s Vigra, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees v. Seaboard Shipping Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- The GiuliaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- R. T. Jones Lumber Company, Inc., Libelant-Appellee v. Roen Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Freedman & Slater, Inc. v. M. v. TofevoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
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