PATERSON, ZOCHONIS (U.K.) LTD. v. COMPANIA UNITED

Nos. 77 Civ. 4470 (LBS), 77 Civ. 5129 (LBS), 78 Civ. 1064 (LBS), 78 Civ. 1138 (LBS), 78 Civ. 1196 (LBS) and 78 Civ. 1197 (LBS).

493 F.Supp. 621 (1980)

PATERSON, ZOCHONIS (U.K.) LTD. et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMPANIA UNITED ARROW, S.A., Sea Queen Lines, Sea Queen Corp., Ltd., China Ocean Shipping Company and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan, Maloof, Walsh & Kennedy, Richard E. Repetto, New York City, for plaintiffs in 77 Civ. 4470, 78 Civ. 1196, 78 Civ. 1197 and 77 Civ. 5129.

Crowell, Rouse & Varian, New York City, for plaintiff Francis R. Matera in 78 Civ. 1138.

Brauner, Baron, Rosenzweig, Kliger, Sparber & Bauman, Mel P. Barkan, New York City, for defendant China Ocean Shipping Co.


SAND, District Judge.

These consolidated actions grow out of a shipment of cargo from Foochow and Dairen in The People's Republic of China ("PRC") to Lagos, Nigeria. The cargo was shipped from PRC to Hong Kong, where it was transshipped and loaded aboard the M/V SEA QUEEN I ("Sea Queen"). The Sea Queen sank in the South Atlantic off the coast of South Africa on March 20, 1977.

Plaintiff cargo interests, all of whom are foreign corporations,

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