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HELLENIC LINES, LTD. v. PRUDENTIAL LINES, INC.

No. 82-2071.

730 F.2d 159 (1984)

In the Matter of the Complaint of HELLENIC LINES, LIMITED, as owner of the M/V HELLENIC CARRIER, for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellee, v. PRUDENTIAL LINES, INC., Appellant, and General Poultry Corporation; American Motorists Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Insurance Company of North America; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Biderman Insurance Company Ltd.; Sela; Ihud Insurance Agencies Ltd. on behalf of underwriters; Hamagen; Migdal; Menorah; Sahar; Hassneh; Arrarat; Arye; Home; Assicurazioni Generali; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited; Central National Corporation; Pakistan Papersack Corp., Ltd.; Habib Bank Ltd.; Ekman Co.; Adamjee Insurance Co.; Premier Insurance Co., Ltd.; W.K. Webster & Co.; American & Far Eastern Trading Co.; Albany-Atlas Group; Jawad Cold Stores; Pakistan Peper Corporation; Deitrich Industries; Mohammed Ahmed Jamil Ahmed; Metal Impex; Asian Agencies; Royal Steel Agencies; Steel Scrap Traders; Union Bank of Middle East, Ltd.; United Bank Ltd.; Leyden Shipping Co.; John S. James Company; Karr, Ellis & Co., Inc.; Poseiden Freight Fowarders; National Bank of Pakistan; Southern Steamship Agency, Inc.; Chevron Shipping Company; Caltex (Asia) Ltd.; American International Marine Agency; New Hampshire Insurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Philip Morris Incorporated; I.S.C.E. Terra; Prestagent Egyptian Marketing & International Trade; Royal Globe Insurance Company; Great American Insurance Companies; Commercial Insurance Companies; The Hartford Insurance Group; The Hartford Fire Insurance Company; Talbot, Bird & Co., Inc.; New Zealand Insurance Company; Northwestern National Insurance Company; Eagle Star Insurance Company; The Atlantic Companies; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; Centennial Insurance Company; Tokio Marine Management, Incorporated; Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited; Lloyd's Underwriters; A.M.E. International, Inc.; Intercon, Inc. t/a Outer Banks Fishing Pier; The Ministry of Supply of the Arab Republic of Egypt and its underwriters; Commercial Insurance Company of Newark; Continental Insurance Company; Clal Insurance Company; Halvenon Insurance Company; Isreal Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd.; General Insurance Company; Kaplan Nalo & Co.; Peltours Insurance Company; Securitas Insurance Company; Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York; Afia Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va. (Glen A. Huff, William L. Peck, Seawell, Dalton, Hughes & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Melvin J. Tublin, New York City (John J. Devine, Jr., Poles, Tublin, Patestides & Stratakis, New York City, R. Arthur Jett, Jr., Jett, Agelasto, Berkley, Furr & Price, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges and WYZANSKI, District Judge.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of the collision between the M/V Hellenic Carrier (the Hellenic) and the S/S Lash Atlantico (the Atlantico) in international waters off the coast of North Carolina. The district court apportioned 80% of the fault for the collision to Prudential Lines, Inc., owner of the Atlantico, and 20% to Hellenic Lines, Ltd., owner of the Hellenic. The district court also found that Hellenic Lines was entitled to limit its liability...

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