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McCormick & Co. Inc. v. Empire Insurance Group and others - U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Altimari & Mahoney Ct.JJ. and Dearie D.J.) - 6 June 1989
The issue in this appeal was whether a loss of 290 bags of black pepper stored in a warehouse in Brooklyn was covered under the terms of an insurance policy.
A total of 430 bags of pepper had been received by the warehouse for storage in May 1984...
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Mount Royal/Walsh Inc. v. The ship Jensen Star and others - Fed.Ct. of Appeal (Marceau, MacGuigan and Desjardins JJ.A.) - 23 May 1989
The plaintiff shiprepairers provided services to various vessels operated by Jensen Shipping Ltd., including the vessel Jensen Star. The services were requested by a Mr. Jorgensen, the president of Jensen Shipping, over the period from August 1982..
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Commodities Reserve Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (The West Lion) - U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) (Ferris, Boochever and Hall Ct.JJ.) - 10 July 1989
Commodities Reserve (the plaintiffs) sub-chartered the vessel West Lion
for the carriage of a cargo of chickpeas and cumin seeds from Turkey to Venezuela. The cargo was insured under the provisions of a 1983 Ocean Maritine Open Cargo Policy issued..
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Bender Shipbuilding Co. v. Lloyd Brasileiro - U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit) (Kravitch and Edmonson Ct.JJ. and Hoffman S.D.J.) - 13 June 1989
The plaintiff entered into a contract with Todd Shipyards Corporation for the construction of a floating drydock. The contract called for the plaintiff to deliver the drydock by 27 May 1982, and provided for payment of liquidated damages at the rate..
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09 September 1989
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