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IONMAR COMPANIA, ETC. v. CENTRAL OF GA. R. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 3039, 474-130 and 474-131.

471 F.Supp. 942 (1979)

IONMAR COMPANIA NAVIERA, S.A., as Owner of the Motorship NICOLAOS, D.L. v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Georgia Ports Authority, Smith & Kelly Company, Olin Corporation and Southern Railway Company. CLIMATROL INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., v. M/V NICOLAOS, D.L., her engines, boilers, etc., Ionmar Compania Naviera, S.A., New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., Central of Georgia Railway, Georgia Ports Authority, Smith & Kelly Co., Olin Corporation and Southern Railway Company. CONSOLIDATED BEARINGS CO. PTY., LTD. et al., v. M/V NICOLAOS D.L., her engines, boilers, etc., and Ionmar Compania Naviera, S.A., v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Southern Railway Co., Georgia Ports Authority, Smith & Kelly Co., and Olin Corporation.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia.

May 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wood, Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, George H. Chamlee, Chamlee, Dubus & Sipple, Savannah, Ga., for Ionmar Compania Naviera, S.A. and M/V Nicolaos, D.L., et al.

James F. Hart, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for Climatrol Industries, Inc.

Martin B. Mulroy, Caspar E. Ewig, Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg & O'Brien, New York City, Fred S. Clark, Lee & Clark, Savannah, Ga., for Consolidated Bearing Co. Pty., Ltd.

Stanley M. Karsman, Marshall R. Wood, Savannah, Ga., for Smith & Kelly, Co.

Spencer Connerat, Jr., Hunter, Houlihan, Maclean, Exley, Dunn & Connerat, Savannah, Ga., for Georgia Ports Authority.

Sewell K. Loggins, Gambrell, Russell, Killorin, Wade & Forbes, Atlanta, Ga., Edward T. Brennan, Jr., Adams, Adams, Brennan & Gardner, Savannah, Ga., for Olin Corp.

John B. Miller, Miller, Simpson & Tatum, Savannah, Ga., for Central of Georgia, R. Co., and Southern Ry. Co.

OPINION

LAWRENCE, Senior District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON LIABILITY

I.

Background of Litigation

These cases involve claims totaling around $4,000,000 in alleged damages to the cargo and to the M/V Nicolaos growing out of a fire aboard the vessel at Savannah on March 14, 1970. Admiralty jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1333 and Rule 9(h), F.R.Civ.P.

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