Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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VAN BREEMS v. INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OPERATING CO. INC. AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE (THE "PRINSES MARGRIET")

[1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 599

UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Before District Judge Carter

United States - Bill of lading - Limitation of liability - Uncrated yacht shipped under bill of lading - Damage suffered by her whilst being unloaded by stevedores - Whether shipowners and stevedores could limit liability to U.S. $500 on ground that yacht was a "package" - Whether stevedores guilty of negligence - United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936, s. 4 (5) (46 U.S. C., s. 1304 (5)).

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