Legal Opinion
Rationis Enterprises Inc. of Panama v. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 17, 2005No. Docket Nos. 04-4267-CV, 04-5572-CV(L), 04-6028-CV(CON)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR. Circuit Judge.
Hyundai Corporation and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard appeal a judgment, entered following a trial to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Owen, J.) arising from the loss of the containership MSC Carla. They advance a number of contentions, but we do not reach most of them since we conclude that one — that Korean law applies and precludes liability — is dispositive.1
Background
I. The Lengthening
The evidence at trial established that the containership MSC Carla (originally called the Nihon) was built in 1972 in Sweden. A Swedish firm,…
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