Crompton Greaves, Ltd. v. Shippers Stevedoring Co.

*700MEMORANDUM AND OPINION ENTERING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

This is a dispute over responsibility for damage to a large power transformer. The plaintiff, Crompton Greaves, Ltd. designs and manufactures power transformers in India. Tucson Electric Power (TEP), an electric utility, contracted with Crompton Greaves, through its subsidiary Pauwels Americas, to build and ship to the United States several power transformers. In March 2007, one of these transformers — referred to here as the “South Loop Transformer” or “the Transformer” — arrived by ocean…