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GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. BUREAU VERITAS

Nos. 541, 542, Dockets 72-1422, 72-1423.

478 F.2d 235 (1973)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. BUREAU VERITAS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Haight, Jr., (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for appellants Great American Ins. Co., American Manufacturers Mutual Ins. Co., Aetna Ins. Co., and Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

Walter L. Hopkins, New York City (William A. Wilson, Wilson & Hopkins, New York City, on the brief), for appellants World Tradeways Shipping, Ltd. and The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Ass'n Limited.

Edwin Longcope, New York City (John F. X. McKiernan, Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYS, MULLIGAN and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing the complaint which sought to recover from appellee, a classification society, damages occasioned by the sinking of a ship, the TRADEWAYS II, in the North Atlantic in October, 1965, shortly after her departure from Antwerp, Belgium, bound for the United States.

The first group of appellants consists of the Great American...

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