1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 993 F.2d
  5. 993 F.2d 414 (1993)
 

UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO CO. v. COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO MARITIMA NETUMAR

Nos. 92-1429, 92-1437.

993 F.2d 414 (1993)

UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED; Eastern Leaf Tobacco Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO MARITIMA NETUMAR, in personam; M/V OLIVIA, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellants. UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED; Eastern Leaf Tobacco Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO MARITIMA NETUMAR, in personam; M/V OLIVIA, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Crumpler, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Norfolk, VA, argued, for appellant.

Waverly Lee Berkley, III, argued (R. Arthur Jett, Jr., on brief), Jett, Berkley, Furr & Padgett, Norfolk, VA, for appellees.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Companhia De Navegacao Maritima Netumar ("Netumar") appeals a judgment entered against it for damages occurring during a maritime shipment of goods for Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc. ("Universal"). Universal cross-appeals the ruling that Netumar was entitled to invoke the statutory limitation-of-liability provision. We affirm.

I.

Universal contracted with Netumar, a Brazilian common carrier, for the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases