EAC TIMBERLANE v. PISCES, LTD.

No. 83-1555.

745 F.2d 715 (1984)

EAC TIMBERLANE, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PISCES, LTD., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Chandler III, New York City, with whom Antonio M. Bird Jr., San Juan, P.R., Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, New York City, and Bird & Bird, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Jose Antonio Fuste, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom J. Ramon Rivera Morales, and Jimenez & Fuste, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

This action in admiralty raises the question of the applicability of the Limitation of Liability Act (Limitations Act), 46 U.S.C. §§ 181-189 (1982), of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), id. §§ 1300-1315, and of principles of general maritime law in determining the liability of a vessel's owners, charterers, and operators for cargo lost when the vessel carrying the cargo exploded and sank on the high...

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