Legal Opinion
Asbestos Corp. v. Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet Et Cyprien Fabre
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 15, 1972No. 65 AD 785PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.
LEVET, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Asbestos Corp. Ltd., and other shippers, plaintiffs in this action, seek to recover for cargo damage as a result of fire aboard the M/V Marquette, owned by defendant Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre, while transversing the North Atlantic Ocean en route from Great Lakes ports to European ports.
The initial issue on liability here is whether the defendant 1 exercised due diligence before and at the beginning of the voyage to make the ship seaworthy so that the vessel was properly equipped and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Pollard v. VintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Metropolitan Coal Co. v. HowardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- American Tobacco Co. v. The Katingo HadjipateraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Petition of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United States. The Edmund FanningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Gibboney v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Adelaide Shipping Lines, Ltd., Claimant-Appellee, and Salen Reefer Services Ab, and M/v GladiolaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Asbestos Corp. Ltd. v. Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet Et Cyprien FabreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Gibboney v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Ta Chi Navigation (Panama) Corp., S. A., as Owner of the S.S. Eurypylus for Exoneration From or Limitation of LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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