SONY MAGNETIC PRODUCTS OF AMERICA v. MERIVIENTI O/Y

No. 83-1048-C.

668 F.Supp. 1505 (1987)

SONY MAGNETIC PRODUCTS, INC. OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MERIVIENTI O/Y, a corporation, d/b/a Finnlines, Ltd; Enso Gutzeit O/Y, a corporation; O/Y Finnlines, Ltd., a corporation; Atlantic Cargo Services, a corporation; and M/V Finnhawk, her engines, hull, tackle, appertunances, etc., in rem, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Alabama.

September 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Rue, Johnstone, Adams, Howard, Bailey & Gordon, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff.

Sidney H. Schell, David M. O'Brien, Reams, Vollmer, Philips, Killion, Brooks & Schell, P.C., Mobile, Ala., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

EMMETT RIPLEY COX, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Sony Magnetic Products, Inc. of America filed this action within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the court alleging that the acts or omissions of one or all of the several defendants caused damage to plaintiff's videocassettes. Although plaintiff seeks recovery under breach of contract and negligence theories, all parties agree, and the court concludes, that...

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