MARITIME INS. CO. LTD. v. EMERY AIR FREIGHT CORP.

No. 348, Docket 92-7672.

983 F.2d 437 (1993)

MARITIME INSURANCE CO. LIMITED, as subrogee of Continent-Wide Enterprises Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EMERY AIR FREIGHT CORP., also known as Emery Worldwide, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Mazaroli, New York City Law Offices of Yorkston W. Grist, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis R. Matera, Brooklyn, NY (Matera & Associates, Brooklyn, NY, William D. Bierman, John A. Positano, Westwood, NJ, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MESKILL, Chief Judge, WINTER, Circuit Judge, and RESTANI, Judge.


MESKILL, Chief Judge:

This is basically a dispute over the proper method of interpreting international treaties. Maritime Insurance Co. (Maritime) appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., limiting the liability of Emery Air Freight (Emery) for lost goods under Article 22 of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Travel by Air, Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat....

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