FERROSTAAL, INC. v. M/V SEA PHOENIX

No. 05-1837.

447 F.3d 212 (2006)

FERROSTAAL, INC., Appellant v. M/V SEA PHOENIX formerly known as M/V Express Phoenix; Interway Shipping Co. Ltd.; Pacific & Atlantic Corp.; Trans Sea Transport NV; Delaro Shipping Company Limited.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Zacharkow, (Argued), Mattioni Limited, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

A. Robert Degen, (Argued), Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Pacific & Atlantic Corp. and Delaro Shipping Company Limited.

Patrick F. Lennon, (Argued), Tisdale & Lennon, Southport, CT, and Frank P. DeGiulio, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Camden, NJ, for Appellee Trans Sea Transport, etc.

Before BARRY, AMBRO and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


BARRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Ferrostaal claims that steel coils belonging to it were damaged in transit from Tunisia to New Jersey. The District Court granted partial summary judgment to the defendants, now appellees, holding that the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA"), ch. 229, 49 Stat. 1207 (1936), 46 U.S.C. app. §§ 1300-1315, limited their liability to Ferrostaal to $500 per package. Ferrostaal appeals, arguing that COGSA does not govern this transaction...

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