CONTI 11. CONTAINER SCHIFFARTS v. MSC

No. 22-30808.

91 F.4th 789 (2024)

CONTI 11. CONTAINER SCHIFFARTS-GMBH & CO. KG M.S., MSC FLAMINIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY S.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Kraatz , Jeremy Thomas Grabill , Gary Alan Hemphill , Trial Attorney, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter Brooks Sloss, Esq. , Robert H. Murphy, Esq. , Murphy, Rogers, Sloss, Gambel & Tompkins, New Orleans, LA, Jon Werner , Lyons & Flood, L.L.P., Great Neck, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jones, Stewart, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


Conti chartered its cargo vessel, the M/V FLAMINIA, to the Mediterranean Shipping Company ("MSC"). During one voyage, the FLAMINIA received three chemical tanks from the Port of New Orleans. The tanks exploded during Atlantic transit, causing extensive damage and three deaths. After a London arbitration panel awarded...

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