Legal Opinion
Brotherhood Shipping Co., Ltd. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and City of Milwaukee, and Afram Lines (International), Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 1993No. 91-3836PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The M/V Capetan Yiannis, a freighter, was damaged and temporarily put out of service in an accident in the Port of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. The owner of the ship, Brotherhood Shipping Company, brought suit against the charterer (i.e., lessee) of the ship, Afram Lines, and also against the City of Milwaukee, which owns the port, and the city’s insurer, seeking damages for the damage to the ship and for the loss of revenues from the ship’s being out of service because of the accident. The plaintiff designated the suit as one in admiralty, in accordance with Rule 9(h) of…
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