AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING CO. v. S.S. "IRISH SPRUCE" AND IRISH SHIPPING LTD. (THE "IRISH SPRUCE")

[1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 63

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Before District Judge Frankel

Bill of lading-United States-Unseaworthiness - Excepted peril - Vessel running aground on Quita Sueno Bank - Most of cargo lost - Whether shipowners could rely on exception of fault in navigation - United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936, s. 3 (1), 4 (2) (46 U.S.C. ss. 1303 (1), 1304 (2)). Bill of lading - United States - Limitation of liability - Vessel running aground on Quita Sueno Bank - Most of cargo lost - Whether shipowner could limit liability - Whether loss happened without their privity or knowledge.