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VANA TRADING CO., INC. v. S.S. "METTE SKOU"

Nos. 547, 679, 986, 987, Dockets 76-7386, 76-7393, 76-7417 and 76-7446.

556 F.2d 100 (1977)

VANA TRADING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. S.S. "METTE SKOU", her engines, boilers, etc., and Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. Ove SKOU and International Terminal Operating Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purrington & McConnell, New York City (John Hay McConnell and Stephen A. Agus, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant, Vana Trading Co., Inc.

Renato C. Giallorenzi, New York City, for defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellant-appellee, Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City (Chester D. Hooper, Vincent M. DeOrchis and M. E. DeOrchis, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Ove Skou.

Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg & O'Brien, New York City (Martin B. Mulroy and Bruce J. Hector, New York City, of counsel), for third-party defendant-cross-appellant-appellee, International Terminal Operating Co. Inc.

Before SMITH and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and TENNEY, District Judge.

TENNEY, District Judge:

This admiralty cargo suit involves the damage and loss to a shipment of yams. It also represents an invitation to apply to cargo suits the doctrine of proportionate fault recently made applicable to collision and stranding cases by United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., 421 U.S. 397, 95 S.Ct. 1708, 44 L.Ed.2d 251 (1975), an invitation which we decline.1

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