MACCLENNY PRODUCTS, INC. v. TROPICAL SHIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

No. 4D01-4663.

832 So.2d 888 (2002)

MacCLENNY PRODUCTS, INC., and Bayer Clothing Group, each individually and for the use and benefit of the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Appellants, v. TROPICAL SHIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard T. Sutter of Sullivan, Boyd & Goldsberry, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellants.

William R. Boeringer of Hayden & Milliken, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Appellant, a clothing manufacturer, appeals the final summary judgment and trial court award of damages resulting from the destruction of three shipments of jackets aboard appellee's vessels. The parties disputed the extent of appellee's liability under the federal Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA") which limits a carrier's liability to $500 per package. This case presents the question of what is the relevant "package" to which COGSA's limitation of...

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