Legal Opinion
Inversiones Calmer, S.A. v. C.E. Heath & Co.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided January 20, 1988No. Civ. 83-1969 (JP)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
On January 19, 1977, the motor vessel UKOLA sank in a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty of the twenty-three crew members died, and the 5,000-ton sugar cargo was lost with the vessel. Litigation has been protracted, with a multi-district panel in Florida concluding its efforts in 1984. See In re Sinking of M/V UKOLA, 806 F.2d 1 (1st Cir.1986). This case, which concerns apparent underinsurance of the vessel, was filed in 1983 by the owner (Arosa) and the charterer (Calmer) of the UKOLA. The complaint alleged negligence on the part of an insurance…
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