Compagnie Maritime Marfret v. San Juan Bay Pilots Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

JUAN M. PÉREZ-GIMÉNEZ, District Judge.

The above-captioned claim is an admiralty action brought pursuant to the Suits in Admiralty Act (“SAA”), 46 U.S.C. § 30901 et seq., by plaintiffs Compagnie Maritime Marfret, Marseille Fret and the Underwriters Concerned (collectively “Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs are the owners and operators of a vessel, and have sued the United States 1 for the damages sustained by their vessel after it was grounded while entering the San Juan Harbor. According to Plaintiffs’ allegations, the grounding was due to the failure of the United States: (1) to…