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INVERSIONES CALMER, S.A. v. C.E. HEATH & CO.

Civ. No. 83-1969 (JP).

681 F.Supp. 100 (1988)

INVERSIONES CALMER, S.A. and Arosa Mercantil, S.A., Plaintiffs, v. C.E. HEATH & CO., and its subsidiaries, C.E. Heath & Co. (Latin America) Limited; C.E. Heath & Co. (Marine) Limited; C.E. Heath & Co. (N. America) Limited; Orlando Gonzalez d/b/a Orlando Gonzalez Reinsurance; Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Defendants.

United States District Court, Puerto Rico.

January 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calderón, Rosa-Silva & Vargas, Hato Rey, P.R., and José E. Alfaro Delgado, Calvesbert & Brown, San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Fernando Pérez Colón, Lespier, Munoz-Noya & Ramírez, San Juan, P.R., for C.E. Heath & Co., C.E. Heath & Co. (Latin America) C.E. Heath & Co., (North America); and C.E. Heath & Co. (Marine).

Gustavo A. Gelpí, Feldstein, Gelpí & Hernández, San Juan, P.R., (Murray A. Gordon, of-counsel), Gordon, Shechtman & Gordon, P.C., New York City, for Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

José M. Castro Alvarez, Puerto Nuevo, P.R., (José A. Axtmayer, of-counsel), Hato Rey, P.R., for Orlando Gonzalez, d/b/a Orlando Gonzalez Reinsurance.

OPINION AND ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

On January 19, 1977, the motor vessel UKOLA sank in a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty of the twenty-three crew members died, and the 5,000-ton sugar cargo was lost with the vessel. Litigation has been protracted, with a multi-district panel in Florida concluding its efforts in 1984. See In re Sinking of M/V UKOLA, 806 F.2d 1 (1st Cir.1986). This case, which concerns...

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