Legal Opinion
La Salle MacHine Tool, Inc. v. Maher Terminals, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 8, 1978No. Civ. T-76-1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.
In this action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, plaintiff La Salle Shipping Co. (La Salle) seeks to recover damages from defendant Maher Terminal, Inc. (Maher) for Maher’s negligence in unloading from a truck to a staging area at Dundalk Marine Terminal a crate containing a component of an automatic piston line, manufactured and still owned by La Salle, which was to be shipped from Baltimore to a consignee in the Soviet Union. Maher does not seriously dispute the negligence of its employee, but seeks to limit to $500 its liability to…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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