BERKSHIRE FASHIONS, INC. v. M.V. HAKUSAN II

Civ. A. No. 88-5493.

743 F.Supp. 303 (1990)

BERKSHIRE FASHIONS, INC., Plaintiff v. The M.V. HAKUSAN II, Canopus Shipholding, S.A., Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Showa Kaiun, Air-Sea Transport, Inc., Orient Star Shipping (USA) Inc., YFK Cargo Service, Inc., Global Traffic Systems, J.O.V. Enterprises, Inc. and Carbro Construction Corp. and Global Traffic Systems and Jo-Lin Hauling, Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs v. CITY OF LINDEN, NEW JERSEY and Carbro Construction Corp., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Wright, Kroll & Tract, Newark, N.J., for plaintiff.

Raymond M. Brown, Brown, Brown & Kologi, Newark, N.J., and Soller, Singer & Horn, New York City, for defendant Air-Sea Transport, Inc.

DeOrchis & Partners, Union, N.J., for defendants Orient Star Shipping and Orient Star Shipping (U.S.A.), Inc.

John M. Bowens, Gennett and Kallman, Roseland, N.J., for defendants Global Traffic Systems, Jo-Lin Hauling and J.O.V. Enterprises, Inc.

Julie L. Phillips, Bumgardner, Hardin & Ellis, Springfield, N.J., for third-party defendant City of Linden.

William G. Robinson, Florham Park, N.J., for for third-party defendant Carbro Const. Corp.


OPINION

LECHNER, District Judge.

This case arises out of the disappearance of a container of umbrellas en route from the port of Keelung, Taiwan to the port of New York. Plaintiff Berkshire Fashions, Inc. ("Berkshire") has invoked the admiralty jurisdiction of this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333.1

Presently before the court is the motion of defendant Global Traffic Systems ("Global") to dismiss the Complaint...

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