Minelli v. Frank B. Hall & Co. of Missouri, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Frank Minelli (Minelli) brought this admiralty action against defendants Frank B. Hall & Co (Hall) and Mutual Marine Office of the Midwest, Inc. (Mutual) alleging breach of a marine insurance con tract. Minelli alleges that defendants have wrongly refused to pay for the damages resulting from the barratry by the master of one of his vessels. Before us is now is Minelli’s motion for partial summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.

BACKGROUND

From the mid-1970s to 1989, Minelli, through his company, Swiss…