Terman Foods, Inc. v. Omega Lines
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The major question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erroneously imposed liability under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 1300-1315, on the defendant carrier for the spoilage of a shipment of chicken. We affirm the decision as to liability and damages. We reverse that portion of the order entering judgment against the vessel because it was never attached, and therefore the court had no jurisdiction over it.
Terman Foods, Inc., contracted with Omega Lines to ship 6,579 cartons of frozen chicken backs from Miami to Bridgeport, Barbados. Most of the chicken was…
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