Dixie Plywood Company v. SS Federal Lakes

ORDER AND OPINION CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND FINDINGS OF FACT

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

I

This action is brought under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act by Dixie Plywood Company of Houston, Inc. Plaintiff seeks recovery of damages to a shipment of prefinished plywood panelling aboard the M/S “Federal Lakes’’ en-route from Korea to Savannah in 1973.

Apparently the damage resulted from the shifting of the cargo due to heavy weather. However, cargo damage is also blamed on the stevedore (South Atlantic Terminals, Inc.) because of alleged rough handling in the course of discharge at Savannah. 1

The bill of…