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American Petroleum & Transport, Inc. v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 10, 2012No. 12 Civ. 3633(PAE)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge.
In this admiralty case, plaintiff American Petroleum and Transport, Inc. (“American”), the owner of a barge, seeks to recover economic damages to its business resulting from the unexpected closure of a drawbridge owned and operated by defendant the City of New York (“the City”).1 The City has moved to dismiss, on the grounds that under a line of cases arising out of Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927), economic losses caused by an unintentional maritime tort are not recoverable where the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- American Petroleum & Transport, Inc. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013