WINDWARD TRADERS, LTD. v. FRED S. JAMES & CO. OF N.Y., INC.

Nos. 87-5522, 87-6063 and 88-5439.

855 F.2d 814 (1988)

WINDWARD TRADERS, LTD., a Cayman Islands Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. FRED S. JAMES & COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., and P.W. Kininmonth, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees, American Centennial Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. WINDWARD TRADERS, LTD., a Cayman Islands Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRED S. JAMES & COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., and P.W. Kininmonth, Ltd., Defendants, American Centennial Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Milliken, Hayden and Milliken, Miami, Fla., for Windward Traders, Ltd.

Hendrik G. Milne, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Miami, Fla., for P.W. Kininmonth, Ltd.

Mozelle Willmont Thompson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for Fred S. James.

Douglas H. Stein, Blackwell, Walker, Fascell & Hoehl, Miami, Fla., for American Centennial Ins. Co.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

I. FACTS

Windward Traders, Ltd. ("Windward") contacted Fred S. James & Company of New York, Inc. ("James") in March 1980 to renew the $200,000 marine insurance coverage on Windward's vessel, the WINDWARD TRADER ("the vessel"). James was an insurance broker that had expertise in marine insurance. James had procured the preceding year's insurance on the vessel for the vessel's previous owner.1 When it contacted...

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