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IN RE M/V RICKMERS GENOA LITIGATION

Nos. 05 Civ. 4261 (LAP)(THK), 05 Civ. 6226 (LAP)(THK), 05 Civ. 8841 (LAP)(THK), 05 Civ. 9472 (LAP)(THK).

622 F.Supp.2d 56 (2009)

In re M/V RICKMERS GENOA LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: All Actions.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Saville, Jr., Thomas Earl Willoughby, James Aloysius Saville, Jr., Hill, Rivkins & Hayden, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Chem One, Ltd., A.H.A. International Co., Ltd., Commercial Metals Company, Graphite Elecrodes Sales Company, Inc., Hunter Douglas Metals, Inc., Ike Trading Co., Ltd., Itochu Building Products Co., Inc., National Oilwell L.P., Texas Wyoming Drilling, Inc., The Babcok & Wilcox Company, The Crispin Company, Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., Westco Systems, Inc., Bluelinx Corporation, Bstc Group Inc., Kurt Orban Partners LLC, Foster Wheeler North America Corp., General Electric Company, Suewon Poongryuk Machinery Co., Ltd., Wego Chemical & Mineral Corp., Wintersun Group (USA) Inc.

Eugene Joseph O'Connor, Andrew John Warner, Timothy Semenoro, Chalos, O'Connor & Duffy, LLP, Port Washington, NY, for M/V Rickmers Genoa Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Rickmers Genoa Schiffahrtsges MBH & CIE. KG., CS Marine Co. Ltd., Rickmers-Linie GMBH & CIE. KG, Genoa Navigation Co. Ltd., Ja Sung Marine Co., Ltd., M/V "Sun Cross" Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., In Rem, Pudong Trans USA Inc., Sesco Group Inc., United Shipping Services, Inc., CS Marine Co. TD, Sunwoo Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., ESM II, Inc., ESM II, LP in Personam, Genoa Navigation Co. Ltd.

Christopher Hayes Dillon, Burke & Parsons, New York, NY, for ESM (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. In Personam, ESM Group, Inc., ESM II LP In Personam, ESM (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., ESM II, Inc., ESM II, LP., A.H.A. International Co., Ltd., Commercial Metals Company, Graphite Elecrodes Sales Company, Inc., Hunter Douglas Metals, Inc., Ike Trading Co., Ltd., Itochu Building Products Co., Inc., National Oilwell L.P., Texas Wyoming Drilling, Inc., The Babcok & Wilcox Company, The Crispin Company, Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., Westco Systems, Inc., Bluelinx Corporation, Bstc Group INC., Kurt Orban Partners LLC, Chem One, LTD., Foster Wheeler North America Corp., General Electric Company, Suewon Poongryuk Machinery Co., Ltd., Wego Chemical & Mineral Corp., Wintersun Group (USA) Inc., ESM (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. In Personam, Shandong Industrial Inc., EMS Group, Inc., Pudong Trans USA, Inc.

Patrick Michael Decharles, II, Cichanowicz, Callan, Keane, Vengrow & Textor, New York, NY, for United Shipping Services, Inc., M/V "Sun Cross" Their Engines, Boilers, etc.

Timothy Semenoro, Chalos, O'Connor & Duffy, LLP, Port Washington, NY, for M/V Rickmers Genoa Her Engines, Boilers, etc., Rickmers Genoa Schiffahrtsges MBH & CIE. KG., CS Marine Co. Ltd., Rickmers-Linie GMBH & CIE. KG, Genoa Navigation Co. Ltd., United Shipping Services, Inc., Sesco Group, Inc., Pudong Trans USA, Inc., JA Sung Marine Co., Ltd., M/V Sun Cross Her Engines, Boilers, etc., ESM Group, Inc.

Michael Joseph Walsh, Burke & Parsons, New York, NY, for Genoa Navigation Co. Ltd., Rickmers Genoa Schiffahrtsges MBH & CIE. KG, Rickmers-Linie GMBH & CIE. KG.

Lawrence Caruso Glynn, Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney, New York, NY, for Shandong Industrial Inc.

James Paul Krauzlis, Roman Badiak, Badiak & Will, LLP, Mineola, NY, for St. Paul Travelers As Subrogor of Foreign Tire Sales, Inc.

Jeffrey Lee Neandross, Graham, Miller, Neandross, Mullin & Roonan, L.L.C., New York, NY, for Atlantic Coast Yacht Sales, Inc.

OPINION

LORETTA A. PRESKA, District Judge.

This Opinion concerns the extent of a cargo buyer's liability in the context of maritime disaster litigation. The buyer here, ESM Group, Inc. ("ESM Group"), purchased 900 tons of a granulated magnesium-based desulphurization reagent, known by the trade name "Super-Sul Mg-89" ("SS-89"), from its wholly-owned subsidiary, ESM (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. ("ESMT"). While...

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