Legal Opinion
Vitol Trading S.A., Inc. v. SGS Control Services, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 15, 1987No. 85 Civ. 5270 (JMW)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, District Judge:
INTRODUCTION
In this matter, tried to the court, plaintiff Vitol Trading S.A. Inc. (“Vitol”), an international trader of crude oil and petroleum products, claims that Defendant SGS Control Services, Inc. (“SGS”), an independent inspector of petroleum and other products, breached the duty of care it owed Vitol under a contract to inspect a cargo of naphtha. Vitol sold the naphtha to Sun Oil Trading Company (“Sun Oil”) and shipped it from Fawley, England to Houston, Texas. But, following SGS’s analysis, Sun Oil rejected it as off specification. Vitol was compelled to…
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