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CONTINENTAL GRAIN, CO. v. P.R. MARITIME SHIPPING AUTH.

Civ. No. 88-0001 GG.

755 F.Supp. 506 (1991)

CONTINENTAL GRAIN COMPANY, Molinos Nacionales, Inc., and Eagle Star Insurance Company of America, Plaintiffs, v. PUERTO RICO MARITIME SHIPPING AUTHORITY, Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., the Government of Grenada Marketing National Import Board, Defendants.

United States District Court, D.Puerto Rico.

January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio M. Bird, Jr., San Juan, Puerto Rico, for plaintiffs.

Jiménez, Graffam & Lausell, Nicolás Jiménez, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for defendants.

OPINION

GIERBOLINI, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 14, 1987, the M/V ALBATROS (the "ALBATROS") encountered rough weather twenty miles off the island of Dominique. Due to winds of thirty to forty knots and choppy seas, the merchandise in the cargo hold of the ALBATROS which had been improperly stowed shifted to port, forcing the vessel to take a list to port which increased until the crew abandoned it, and the ALBATROS capsized and sank...

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