JANET NAV. INC. v. STURGE

No. 86 Civ. 9932 (JEL).

711 F.Supp. 119 (1989)

JANET NAVIGATION INC., Plaintiff, v. Nicholas Collwyn STURGE, Individually and as Representative for Certain Lloyd's Underwriters, British Law Insurance Co. Ltd., Planet Assurance Co. Ltd., Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC, Indemnity Marine Assurance Co. Ltd., Excess Insurance Co. Ltd., Home Insurance Co., Ocean Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., Insurance Company of North America (UK) Ltd., Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd., Pearl Assurance PLC, Northern Assurance Co., Ltd., Cornhill Insurance PLC, English & American Insurance Co. Ltd., Switzerland General Insurance Co. (LDN) Ltd., Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., Andrew Weir Insurance Co. Ltd., Orion Insurance Co. Ltd., Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (UK), Skandia U.K. Insurance Co. Ltd., Minister Insurance Co. Ltd., Insurance Corporation of Ireland Ltd., La Reunion Francaise Soc. Anon. Et D'Reass., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Massachusetts), Phoenix Assurance PLC, Baltica-Skan Insurance Co. (UK) Ltd., Baloise Insurance Co. Ltd., Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., Bishopsgate Insurance PLC, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd., London & Hull Maritime Ins. Co. Ltd., River Thames Ins. Co. Ltd., Sumitomo M & F Ins. Co. (EUR.) Ltd., Assicurazioni Generali Spa., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cardillo & Corbett by Tulio R. Prieto, James B. Rau, New York City, for plaintiff.

Symmers, Fish & Warner by William Warner, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:*

Janet Navigation Inc. brings suit against numerous maritime insurance underwriters to recover on a port risks marine insurance policy that was in effect when Janet's cargo ship S.S. Voyager sustained a fire in its starboard boiler on January 18, 1986 while undergoing repairs at Rodermond Industries' shipyard in Brooklyn, New York. The insurers refused to pay Janet's timely claim and rejected Janet...

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