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PAN AMERICAN GRAIN v. PUERTO RICO PORTS AUTHORITY

No. 99-2024.

295 F.3d 108 (2002)

PAN AMERICAN GRAIN MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. PUERTO RICO PORTS AUTHORITY; CCC Underwriters; Procesadora De Granos De Puerto Rico, Inc., Defendants, Appellees, Continental Grain Company, Inc.; Molinos Nacionales, Inc., Industrias Avícolas a/k/a Pollos Picú, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek A. Walker, with whom H. Michael Bush and Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, L.L.P. were on brief, for appellant.

Ian P. Carvajal, with whom Manuel Sosa-Báez, Luis N. Saldaña, Saldaña & Carvajal, P.S.C., David Karcher and Underwood, Karcher & Karcher, P.A. were on brief, for Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

Darío Rivera-Carrasquillo, with whom William P. Kardarasand Darío Rivera-Carrasquillo, P.S.C. were on brief, for Procesadora de Granos.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

On April 24, 1995 the integrated tug and barge Zorra ("ITB Zorra")1 caught fire in the harbor in Guánica, Puerto Rico, and was substantially destroyed.

The ship's owner, Pan American Grain Manufacturing Co. ("Pan American" or "appellant"), filed an action in admiralty against, inter alia, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority ("PRPA"), the owner of the Guánica docking facilities, and Procesadora de...

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