Legal Opinion
Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. Companhia de Navegacao Maritima Netumar
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided April 5, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Tompkins, J.
This is a cargo damage claim concerning a shipment of 25 drums of Brazilian cold-pressed lime oil, shipped from Santos, Brazil, to the Port of New York aboard the defendant’s vessel Minerva in July, 1979.
Plaintiff paid the firm of Fritzche-Dodge & Olcott, the consignee, $3,854.45 for damage to the contents of one of the drums in the shipment. It is therefore subrogated to the rights of its assured to bring this action under the terms of the insurance policy issued by plaintiff to Fritzche-Dodge & Olcott.
FACTS
The essential facts are not in dispute.…
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