GREAT AMERICAN INS. COMPANIES v. M/V ROMERAL

Civil Action No. 95-1626.

962 F.Supp. 86 (1997)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES v. THE M/V ROMERAL, Etc., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Courtenay, Jr., Donald J. Volpi, Jr., Philip S. Brooks, Jr., Courtenay, Forstall, Hunter & Fontana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff.

Gary Alan Hemphill, Cynthia Anne Wegmann, Michael M. Butterworth, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for Compania Sud American Vapores S.A. d/b/a Chilean Line.

Harvey Gardere Gleason, Whitney L. Cole, Wagner, Bagot & Gleason, New Orleans, LA, for London Bridge Shipping Corp. Ltd., V. Ships Shipping Management S.A.M.


ORDER AND REASONS

MENTZ, District Judge.

Before the court is a motion of the plaintiff, Great American Insurance Companies, for reconsideration of cross-motions for partial summary judgment. The issue for reconsideration is whether on-deck stowage of a tractor on a flat-rack container under a clean bill of lading constitutes an unreasonable deviation defeating the $500 per package limitation of liability provided to the carrier under the Carriage...

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