SECREST MACHINE CORPORATION v. SS "TIBER"

Civ. A. No. 2679.

324 F.Supp. 671 (1971)

SECREST MACHINE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. SS "TIBER", her engines, boilers, etc., William Wilhelmsen, doing business as the Swedish Atlantic Wilhelmsen Line, and Strachan Shipping Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

March 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred S. Clark, Brannen, Clark & Hester, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff.

Edward T. Brennan, Adams, Adams, Brennan & Gardner, Savannah, Ga., for defendants.


ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

Where a shipowner and a stevedore are sued by a consignee as a result of damage to a single-package shipment does the $500 limitation of the carrier per package under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act1 constitute the maximum recovery against the carrier and negligent stevedore or is plaintiff entitled to the statutory limit from each defendant?

When defendants' motion for summary judgment...

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