Krawill Machinery Corp. v. Robert C. Herd & Co.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The former opinion in this case, 145 F.Supp. 554, stated my reasons for concluding: (1) that negligence on the part of the stevedore, Robert C. Herd & Company, Inc., was responsible for dropping into Baltimore harbor a crate containing a heavy press and other items, and (2) that the stevedore was not entitled to the $500 limitation of liability which the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1300 et seq., provides for a ship and its owners. The questions now before the court are: (a) the amount of damages recoverable, and (b) the party or parties entitled to recover…