LAWRENCE R. McCOY CO., INC. v. S.S. "THEOMITOR III"


133 N.J. Super. 308 (1975)

336 A.2d 80

LAWRENCE R. McCOY CO., INC., PREMIER TRADING CO., PHILLIP BROTHERS (SOCOMET, INC.), RUSS STONIER, INC., AMERLUZ STEEL PRODUCTS CORP., SIMPSON TIMBER CO. AND SIMPSON INTERNATIONAL, C. ITOH & CO. (AMERICA) INC., WEYERHAUSER CO., KURT ORBAN CO., INC., SIGMA MACHINERY, INC., C.A.M. MACHINERY CORP., FIDELITY MACHINE TOOL, INC., NATIONAL MACHINERY EXCHANGE, INC., EVANS PRODUCTS CO., PLAINTIFFS, v. S.S. "THEOMITOR III", MONDEZUMA COMPANIA ARMADORA, S.A., RETLA STEAMSHIP CO., S.S. "OLYMPIC PEARL", FALMOUTH MARINE PANAMA, S.A., S.S. "MEGALO HARI", DEMETRIOS RAVIOLOS AND PETROS DAICAS, S.S. "OLYMPIC PIONEER", RICHMOND MARINE PANAMA, S.A., SIDMAR MARITIEME STAALNIJVERHEID, S.S. "FRATERNITY", DICTA MARITIME CORP., FRATERNITY SHIPPING CORP., S.S. "OLYMPIC PEGASUS", SOMERSET NAVIGATIONAL CO., PANAMA, S.A., S.S. "BRITISH MONARCH", SCOTT'S SHIPBUILDING & ENG. CO., LTD., S.S. "VENNACHAR", AIDEN SHIPPING CO., LTD., S.S. "PHILIPPINE BATAAN", MARITIME CO. OF THE PHILIPPINES, HOLT HAULING & WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS, INC., HOLT MARINE TERMINAL, INC., LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP CO., INC., AND SOUTH JERSEY PORT CORPORATION, A CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS. HOLT MARINE TERMINAL, CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP CO., INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, AND SOUTH JERSEY PORT CORPORATION, A CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS. AMERICAN WOOD FINISHING SYSTEMS, PLAINTIFF, v. HOLT HAULING & WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS, INC. AND SOUTH JERSEY PORT CORPORATION, A CORPORATION WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided February 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David A. Birch for plaintiffs (Messrs. Lum, Biunno & Tompkins, attorneys; Mr. Ronald DeMaria of counsel)

Mr. John P. Dwyer for defendants S.S. "Theomitor III" et al. (Messrs. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Mr. Raul Betancourt, Jr. and Mr. Richard W. Palmer of the Pennsylvania Bar on the brief and of counsel).

Mr. James H. Freis for defendant and third-party plaintiff Holt Marine Terminal, Inc. (Messrs. Shanley & Fisher, attorneys; Mr. William G. Becker, Jr. on the brief and of counsel).

Mr. Daniel K. Read for defendant and third-party defendant Luckenbach Steamship Co.

Mr. Charles M. Rand for defendant Holt Hauling & Warehouse Systems, Inc. (Messrs. Asbell, Ambrose, Ergood & Asbell, attorneys; Mr. Harry D. Ambrose, Jr. of counsel).

Mr. Richard A. Tanner for defendant South Jersey Port Corporation (Messrs. Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, McCoid & Spielvogel, attorneys; Mr. James L. Melhuish of counsel).


ROSENBERG, J.S.C.

This is a motion for summary judgment brought by defendant and third-party plaintiff Holt Marine Terminal, Inc. (H.M.T.) to dismiss the complaint, cross-claims and other claims against it in the instant lawsuit. The court rejected a previous application for the same relief based on different grounds in a prior opinion containing a full statement of the salient facts of this case. It is necessary to restate only those facts which are particularly...

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