Award Reduced from $1 Million to $250 under COGSA

June 26, 1997 in Case Summaries
Jeff Levinger represented Wilson, an insurance broker, in the appeal of a $1.0 million judgment in a negligence action arising from the placement of marine insurance.  The Fifth Circuit reduced the damage award against Wilson to $250 in accordance with the Carriage of Goods at Sea Act.  Craddock International, Inc. v. W.K.P. Wilson & Son, Inc., 116 F.3d 1095 (5th Cir. 1997).