The Quaker Oats Company v. M/v Torvanger, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., and Westfal Larsen and Co., A/s

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, The Quaker Oats Company (“Quaker Oats”), appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its claim under the Carriage of Goods by the Sea Act (“COG-SA”), 46 U.S.C. § 1300-1315, for damages to a cargo of tetrahydrofuran, a white chemical, shipped aboard the M/V Torvan ger, a vessel owned by Westfal Larsen and Company (“Westfal Larsen”), made defendants herein. Quaker Oats contends that the district court erred as a matter of law in finding that Westfal Larsen, the defendant carrier, had successfully rebutted the shipper Quaker Oats’ prima facie case, thus…