Legal Opinion
Skandia Ins. Co., Ltd. v. Star Shipping As
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided April 5, 2001No. Civ.A. 99-0284-CB-LPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BUTLER, Chief Judge.
This admiralty action consists of two consolidated actions. 1 Plaintiffs seek recovery from the Defendants of the value of containerized cargo (reels of paper), which were damaged at container yards located at the Alabama State Docks, (“State Docks”), in Mobile, Alabama, (“Mobile”), by tidal surge flooding associated with Hurricane Georges, which struck Biloxi/Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on September 28, 1998. Generally, Plaintiffs allege, notwithstanding that this hurricane was an Act of God, 2 that the Defendants are liable because they failed to take reasonable…
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