ROYAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA, INC. v. M/V MANAURE V

Nos. 84-3779, 84-3781, 84-3783, 84-3784, 84-3785, 84-3845 and 84-3846.

790 F.2d 77 (1986)

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE V, her engines, furnishings, tackle, etc., In Rem; and Linea Manaure C.A., her owner, a foreign corporation or other business entity, Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association [Bermuda], Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. SERVICIOS INDUSTRIALES WESTINGHOUSE, C.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE VI, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Linea Manaure C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE VI, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Linea Manaure C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. MAGGIE-PAUL, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE V, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; M/V Manaure VI, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Linea Manaure C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. CURACAO TRADING CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE VI, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Linea Manaure C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V MANAURE VI, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Linea Manaure C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees. NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V BALDER DONA, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., In Rem; Dag Engstroms Rederi A/B, her owners, charters, and/or operators; Linea Manaure C.A., Defendants, Seguros Orinoco C.A., a foreign corporation or other business entity; the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd., a foreign corporation or other business entity, In Personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Craven, John B. Culp, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Carl R. Nelson, Fowler, White, Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

By our order on petition for rehearing in Steelmet, Inc. v. Caribe Towing Corp., 779 F.2d 1485 (11th Cir., 1986) we held that for causes of actions arising before October 1, 1982 the law of Florida permitted a direct action against a maritime insurer.1 In each of these cases the cause of action arose before October 1, 1982, and the district court dismissed each on the ground that no...

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