HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, INC.

No. 49505.

320 F.Supp. 324 (1970)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, INC., a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

Interlocutory Judgment December 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Droeger, Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Harvey I. Wittenberg, George L. Waddell, Dorr, Cooper & Hays, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHNACKE, District Judge.

The sole question before the Court at this stage of these proceedings is whether the liability of defendant carrier for alleged damage to certain cargo shipped by plaintiff's subrogor, which cargo is hereinafter more fully described, is limited to $500, by virtue of Section 4(5), 46 U.S.C., Sec. 1304(5), of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, commonly referred to as COGSA. The parties are in agreement that this...

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