In ING Bank N.V. v. M/V Temara, et al, 2016 AMC 2387 (S.D.NY Aug. 24, 2016) one of the issues before the court was whether an order of bunkers (quantities of fuel) by a charterer of a ship from a bunker broker, not acting as an agent of the vessel, creates a lien in...
Month: February 2017
INSURER’S DUTY TO DEFEND: ARISING OUT OF AN ACT OR OMISSION
In Edwards v. Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff Appellee, Thomas R. Edwards Sued Defendant-Appellant, Continental Casualty Company, seeking a declaratory judgment that Continental was required to defend him pursuant to a professional liability insurance policy,...
COLLISIONS RESTRICTED UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA RULE
While ultimately dismissed on jurisdictional issues the Sixth Circuit in In re: Nancy Buccina, et al., discussed the rule of The Pennsylvania, 86 U.S. 125 (1873) and the definition of a collision. In this matter, the plaintiff was allegedly injured when the boat she...
