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ADMIRALTY, INJURY AND TORT LAW, PRODUCT LIABILITY, TRANSPORTATION
In re M/V DG Harmony, No. 05-6116
In case involving liability for the explosion and resulting
constructive total loss of the container ship the M/V DG Harmony,
district court's finding that defendant PPG, which manufactured and
shipped approximately 160,000 kilograms of calcium hypochlorite, was
solely responsible for the explosion and loss, is reversed in part
as to holdings that PPG was strictly liable under section 4(6) of
the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, and that it was liable under a
general negligence theory. The judgment is vacated as the district
court failed to address whether a warning, if given, would have
prevented the harm.
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CIVIL PROCEDURE, INJURY AND TORT LAW
Ehrenfeld v. Mahfouz, No. 06-2228
In a declaratory relief action brought by plaintiff in the U.S.
seeking a declaration that defendant could not prevail against
plaintiff on a libel claim under federal or state law, and that an
English default libel judgment was not enforeceable in the U.S.,
dismissal of defendant is affirmed based on the New York Court of
Appeals' answer to a certified question that N.Y. C.P.L.R. section
302(a)(1) does not confer personal jurisdiction over defendant.
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