ABN Amro Verzekeringen BV v. Geologistics Americas, Inc.

LEVAL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we consider whether in an action for money damages the court may, over plaintiffs objection, enter final judgment in the plaintiffs favor for all the money that plaintiff may lawfully recover, when the defendants, without conceding liability, tender that amount. Plaintiff ABN Amro Verzekeringen BV (“ABN”) brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Chin, J.) alleging damage to cargo being shipped from Europe to the United States. The court found as a matter of law that the liability of defendants Geolo-gistics…