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IN RE LITIGATION INVOLVING ALLEGED LOSS OF CARGO

MDL No. 828, Civ. Nos. 89-1107, 89-1652, 90-1895 and 90-2420 to 90-2423.

772 F.Supp. 707 (1991)

In re LITIGATION INVOLVING ALLEGED LOSS OF CARGO FROM TUG ATLANTIC SEAHORSE, "SEA BARGE 101" BETWEEN PUERTO RICO AND FLORIDA IN DECEMBER 1988.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cordero, Miranda & Pinto, Keith A. Graffam, Old San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 89-1107.

Underwood, Gillis & Karcher, P.A., Andrew W. Anderson, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 90-1895.

José F. Sárraga, San Juan, P.R., for Marine Transp. Services Sea Barge.

Calvesbert & Brown, José E. Alfaro Delgado, San Juan, P.R., and Hayden & Milliken, P.A., Jan M. Kuylenstierna and Robert W. Blanck, Miami, Fla., for Transconex, Inc. and AIM Caribbean Express, Inc.

Law Offices of Lee H. Schillinger, Lee H. Schillinger, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 90-2420.

Mitchell, Harris, Horr & Associates, P.A., David J. Horr, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 90-2421.

Waks & Barnett, P.A., Andrew L. Waks, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 90-2422.

Armstrong & Mejer, P.A. by Alvaro L. Mejer, Coral Gables, Fla., and José F. Sárraga, San Juan, P.R., for Sea Barge Group, Inc. and Marine Transp. Services Sea Barge.

Robert Lamar Bell, Miami, Fla., and Bird Bird & Hestres, Antonio M. Bird, Jr., San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 90-2423.

Golman Antonetti, Juan H. Saavedra, San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs in No. Civ. 89-1652.

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

In December of 1988, M/V Barge No. 101 was en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida, carrying cargo. Nineteen containers of cargo were lost overboard, setting off a series of actions against the barge owner, Sea Barge Group Inc. ("Sea Barge"), and Sea Barge's insurance company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies (Fireman's Fund). Complaints were filed in both Florida and Puerto Rico, and the matter was...

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