CALAVO GROWERS OF CALIFORNIA v. BELGIUM

Nos. 1100, 1241, Dockets 80-7016, 80-7046.

632 F.2d 963 (1980)

CALAVO GROWERS OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. Generali BELGIUM; Compagnie D'Assurances Maritimes Aeriennes et Terrestres; Deutsche Versicherungs-Gesellschaft in Bremen; Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company Limited; Assurantie Van de Belgische Boerenbond; General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Limited; Groep Josi; Mercator; De Ster (L'Etoile); Fidelitas; L'Europeene; La Securite Belge; Naviga; Compagnie Europeene D'Assurances Industrielles (C.E.A.I.); Belgamar; Assubel; Assurances Generales; and La Royale Belge, Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Siegel, New York City (Coudert Brothers, Mark D. Lebow, Lynne M. Barry, New York City, Tuttle & Taylor, Charles B. Rosenberg, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

Donald M. Kennedy, New York City (Donovan, Maloof, Walsh & Kennedy, David L. Maloof, Gerard S. Doyle, Jr., New York City), for defendants-appellees-cross appellants.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Calavo Growers of California appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, J., that found jurisdiction over defendants, eighteen foreign insurance underwriters, but dismissed on the ground of forum non conveniens Calavo's action for breach of contract and fraud. Sixteen of the underwriters cross-appeal from so much of the judgment...

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