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CONTINENTAL FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. v. INS. CO., ETC.

No. 75-2188.

544 F.2d 834 (1977)

CONTINENTAL FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. A. J. CUNNINGHAM PACKING CORPORATION, a Massachusetts Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lawrence Matthews, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ronald R. Parent, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before MORGAN and GEE, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Appellants shipped frozen meat from Guatemala across the Caribbean Sea to Tampa, Florida. There was substantial damage. The cause of the damage was, and remains, unknown. Coverage under the "cargo" marine insurance policies was denied and that denial was sustained by the trial court.

We need but briefly discuss the facts: Defendant, Insurance Company of North America, issued open marine cargo policies to Continental Foods...

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