IN RE OIL SPILL BY THE AMOCO CADIZ

No. 78 MDL 376.

789 F.Supp. 268 (1992)

In re OIL SPILL BY THE "AMOCO CADIZ" OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE ON MARCH 16, 1978.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

Reconsideration Denied June 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Smith, Burlingham Underwood & Lord, New York City, Jeffrey D. Colman, Barry Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Petroleum Ins. Ltd.

Charles F. Krause, Speiser, Krause & Madole, San Antonio, Tex., Elizabeth W. Walker, Christopher Heckman, Sterns, Smith & Walker, San Francisco, Cal., for certain claimants.

John D. Gordon, New York City, for American Bureau of Shipping.

T. Barry Kingham, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for the Cotes du Nord Parties.

Michael A. Snyder, Ray, Robinson, Carle, Davies & Snyder, Chicago, Ill., for Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs A.G.

Joseph Keig, Jr., James E. Betke, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for Astilleros Espanoles, S.A.

Gerald G. Saltarelli, Butler, Rubin, Newcomer, Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, Ill., for American Bureau of Shipping.

John J. Kennelly, Susan P. Malone, Chicago, Ill., for Hotel claimants.

Christopher B. Kende, Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard, New York City, for Republic of France.

Frank Cicero, Jr., Roger Taylor, Kirland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for Amoco Transport Co.

Warren J. Marwedel, Paul McCambridge, Keck Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., for S.A. Les Grand Viviers de Porsguen: Yves-Marie Gac (d/b/a Sport Mer).


ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of Petroleum Insurance Limited ("P.I.L.") to modify this court's July 24, 1990 judgment. The motion is granted in part, as set forth below.

FACTS

On March 16, 1978, the supertanker Amoco Cadiz went down in heavy Atlantic seas with a full load of crude, dumping its 220,000 tons of oil on the north coast of France. The aftermath spawned litigation that was consolidated before...

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