CARBOTRADE S.p.A. v. BUREAU VERITAS

No. 1601, Docket 95-9155.

99 F.3d 86 (1996)

CARBOTRADE S.p.A., on its own behalf and as assignee of Essex Cement Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUREAU VERITAS, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TITAN CEMENT CO., S.A., Third-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Tisdale, New York City (Patrick F. Lennon, Christopher M. Hanrahan, Tisdale & Associates, New York City, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher B. Kende, New York City (Bradley F. Gandrup, Jr., Wise & Shepard, LLP, New York City, on the brief), for Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee.

(Kenneth E. Gordon, Gordon & Gordon, P.C., New York City, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae International Association of Classification Societies.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, WALKER, and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Carbotrade S.p.A. ("Carbotrade") appeals from an opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John G. Koeltl, District Judge) that granted the motion of defendant Bureau Veritas ("BV") for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). Carbotrade's suit followed the sinking of a vessel, the Star of Alexandria, which had been classified by BV — negligently in the view of...

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