RHONE MEDITERRANEE COMPAGNIA v. LAURO

No. 82-3523.

712 F.2d 50 (1983)

RHONE MEDITERRANEE COMPAGNIA FRANCESE DI ASSICURAZIONI E RIASSICURAZONI, Appellant, v. Achille LAURO, d/b/a Achille Lauro Armatore, a/k/a Achille Lauro, d/b/a Flotta Lauro, a/k/a Achille Lauro, d/b/a Lauro Lines, X Company and Antonio Scotto di Carlo.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Short, Charlotte Amalie, V.I., David C. Indiano, San Juan, P.R. (argued), Dudley, Dudley & Topper, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., for appellant.

Thomas D. Ireland, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., Richard G. Ashworth (argued), Charles B. Anderson, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for appellee.

Before GIBBONS, SLOVITER and BECKER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Rhone Mediterranee Compagnia Francese di Assicurazioni E Riassicurazioni (Rhone), a casualty insurer, appeals from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands staying Rhone's action pending arbitration. The action results from a fire loss which occurred when the vessel Angelina Lauro burned at the dock of the East Indian Co. Ltd. in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. At the time of the fire the vessel was...

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