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COM. PETROCHEMICALS, INC. v. S/S PUERTO RICO

No. 78-1749.

607 F.2d 322 (1979)

COMMONWEALTH PETROCHEMICALS, INC., and Flour Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Appellees, v. S/S PUERTO RICO, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., Defendant, and Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, Appellant, and Leonard Brothers Trucking Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey S. Tobias and Kieron F. Quinn, Baltimore, Md. (Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Barrett W. Freedlander, Baltimore, Md. (Donald A. Krach, Niles, Barton & Wilmer, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

En route from Baltimore, Maryland to San Juan, Puerto Rico, an electrical transformer aboard the S.S. Puerto Rico was damaged. The covering bill of lading incorporated the provisions of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 1300-1315, and limited the carrier's liability to $500 per package. The transformer was defined as being one package in the long form bill of lading that was incorporated...

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