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BUCHER-GUYER AG v. M/V INCOTRANS SPIRIT

No. 87-3795.

868 F.2d 734 (1989)

BUCHER-GUYER AG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The M/V INCOTRANS SPIRIT, etc., et al., Defendants. New Orleans Marine Contractors, Inc. Defendant-Appellee. BUCHER-GUYER AG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The M/V CGM PROVENCE, etc., et al., Defendants. New Orleans Marine Contractors, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Machale A. Miller, John N. Critchlow, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harvey G. Gleason, New Orleans, La., for ICT and Hapag-Lloyd.

G. Alex Weller, Jamie C. Waters, New Orleans, La., for NOMC (Div. of B.R. Marine).

Before THORNBERRY, GEE, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal questions the applicability of the $500 limitation on damages in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act to the appellants' claim for recovery for damaged cargo. The district court held that the $500 limitation applied. The appellants brought an interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1292(a)(3) which permits interlocutory appeals of district court decrees that determine "the rights and liabilities of the parties" in admiralty cases.

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