GREENPACK OF PUERTO RICO v. AMERICAN PRES. LINES

No. 11-2120.

684 F.3d 20 (2012)

GREENPACK OF PUERTO RICO, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

María I. Santos-Rivera , for appellant.

J. Ramón Rivera-Morales , with whom Jiménez, Graffam & Lausell, was on brief for appellee.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Greenpack of Puerto Rico, Inc. ("Greenpack") appeals the dismissal of its claim for damages resulting from a delayed delivery of perishable food items from Puerto Limón, Costa Rica to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The district court dismissed the complaint as time-barred by the statute of limitations in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ("COGSA" or the "Act"), Pub.L. No. 521, ch. 229, 49 Stat. 1207 (1936), reprinted in...

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