Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. v. Oceanbridge Shipping International, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Tevrizian, J.
ORDER DENYING THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF LAUFER FREIGHT LINES, LTD.’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT OCEANBRIDGE SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL, INC.’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORPORATION.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT OCEANBRIDGE SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL, INC.’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST LAUFER FREIGHT LINES, LTD.
Background
1. Factual Summary.
This case involves an underlying complaint filed by Plaintiff Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (“Yang Ming”) against Defendants Oceanbridge Shipping International, Inc. (“Oceanbridge”), Laufer Freight Lines, Ltd. (“Laufer”), and Oka-moto Freighters, Ltd. (“Okamoto”) in connection with the alleged misdescription of eighteen containerloads of goods shipped from Long Beach, California to Tokyo, Japan in July of 1997. The containers were shipped in two groups — Oce-anbridge booked shipment of eight containers with Yang Ming, as carrier, and Laufer booked shipment of ten containers with Yang Ming, as carrier. All eighteen containers were said to contain cigarettes and cigars; however, upon arrival in Tokyo, all eighteen containers contained spare,…