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GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. MV NEDLLOYD

No. 90, Docket 86-7376.

817 F.2d 1022 (1987)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MV NEDLLOYD, her engines, boilers, Nedlloyd Lijnen B.V. (Nedlloyd Lines), Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Cone, Jr., New York City (Douglas A. Jacobsen, William R. Connor III, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Scot Provan, New York City (Arthur E. Hoffmann, Jr., Kirlin Campbell & Keating, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, CARDAMONE and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a unique challenge to an ocean carrier's limitation of liability under its bill of lading. Guiding our analysis are centuries old maritime principles of carriage, derived from the customs of the law merchant, the resilient strands of which were woven into the cloth of the common law where these principles survive today. General Electric (GE) appeals from a judgment entered on May 1, 1986 in the United States District...

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