Atlantic Container Line AB v. Aref Hassan Abul, Inc.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

HURD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiffs are ocean-going common carriers (“plaintiffs” or “carriers”) which commenced the instant action against defendants seeking to recover the costs that they incurred in shipping and disposing of waste tires transported from defendant Casings, Inc.’s (“Casings”) facilities. As is relevant hereto, plaintiffs assert causes of action against Casings for fraud (Seventeenth Cause of Action), negligent hiring (Eighteenth Cause of Action), breach of contract (Nineteenth Cause of Action), and trespass to chattels (Twentieth…