Legal Opinion
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 31, 1995No. 89 Civ. 2025 (PKL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEISURE, District Judge:
This is an action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. app. §§ 741-52, by the owners of the Hyundai New World and parties related in interest (collectively, “plaintiffs”) against the United States of America (the “Government”). Plaintiffs allege that the Hyundai New World ran aground off the coast of Brazil in 1987 as a result of the negligent publication and failure to update an inaccurate nautical chart by the Defense Mapping Agency (the “DMA”), an agency within the Department of Defense. The Government has moved to dismiss this action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…
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