Legal Opinion
Secrest Machine Corp. v. SS "Tiber"
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided March 12, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 2679PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
Where a shipowner and a stevedore are sued by a consignee as a result of damage to a single-package shipment does the $500 limitation of the carrier per package under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act1 constitute the maximum recovery against the carrier and negligent stevedore or is plaintiff entitled to the statutory limit from each defendant?
When defendants’ motion for summary judgment was argued I informed counsel that I thought Secrest Machine Corporation could recover a total of $1,000 ($500 from each defendant) and not merely $500 from the carrier and stevedore…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Carle & Montanari, Inc. v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Potlatch Forests, Inc. v. HaysDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
- Cabot Corp. v. MormacscanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Virgin Islands Corporation v. Merwin Lighterage Co.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Secrest MacHine Corporation v. S. S. Tiber, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Herndon v. Superintendent, Virginia State FarmDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1972