Fortis Corporate Insurance, S.A. v. Viken Ship Management A.S.

ORDER

CARR, Chief Judge.

This is a suit by an insurance company, Fortis Corporate Insurance, S.A. (“For-tis”), to recover for damages to a shipment of steel coils damaged while being shipped from Poland to Toledo, Ohio. Fortis brought suit against the following entities involved in the shipment: Yiken Ship Management A.S. (“VSM”), and Viken Lakers A.S. (‘Viken Lakers”).

Defendants move for summary judgment, claiming that the action by Fortis is time-barred under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (“COGSA”). Plaintiff, however, argues that COGSA does not govern the parties and their dispute. The…