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SONY MAGNETIC PRODUCTS INC. v. MERIVIENTI O/Y

No. 87-7614.

863 F.2d 1537 (1989)

SONY MAGNETIC PRODUCTS INC. OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MERIVIENTI O/Y, d/b/a Finnlines Ltd., Enso Gutzeit O/Y, O/Y Finnlines, Ltd., Atlantic Cargo Services, Strachan Shipping Company, in personam, M/V FINNHAWK, her engines, hull, tackle, appurtenances, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Schell, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, Thomas S. Rue, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and PAINE, District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Various entities associated with the M/V Finnhawk, a container ship, appeal from a district court order finding them liable under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA"), 46 U.S.C.App. § 1300 et seq., for damages sustained to the plaintiff's cargo while being loaded on board the Finnhawk. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Sony Magnetic Products, Inc. of America ("Sony") operates a plant in Dothan, Alabama...

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