Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Motorship Marilyn
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 27, 1971No. Civ. A. 161-69-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
The cargo owner, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, filed this action to recover damages sustained to cargo stowed in M/V MARILYN L, a vessel owned by Elvapores, Inc., 1 and time-chartered to Evans Products Company (charterer), with the charterer’s operating agent being Retía Steamship Company. In answers to interrogatories, Georgia-Pacific summarized its claim for loss and damage at $65,112.16, plus interest from the date of landing.
As the trial date approached the charterer effected a settlement with the cargo owner in the sum of $52,500.00, applying…
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