Preveza Shipping Co. v. Sucrest Corp.

OPINION

BRYAN, District Judge:

This is an action in admiralty to recover damages sustained by plaintiff’s vessel when it grounded in the approaches to defendant’s berth. Defendant now moves, pursuant to Rule 12(c) F.R.Civ.P., for judgment on the pleadings, on the ground that suit is barred by the statute of limitations or laches. Since matter outside the pleadings has been presented by the affidavits of the parties, the motion will be treated as one for summary judgment under Rule 56 F.R.C.P.

Plaintiff, Preveza Shipping Company, Inc. (Preveza), is a Liberian corporation and the owner of the S.S.…