Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. v. Vessel Sammi Aurora

903 F.2d 1244 1990 A.M.C. 2235 TOKIO MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VESSEL SAMMI AURORA, its Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, etc., Defendant, and Pan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.; Haisi Shipping, S.A., Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-55144. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 1990. Decided May 21, 1990. David E.R. Woolley, Williams, Woolley, Cogswell, Nakazawa & Russell, Long Beach, Cal., for defendants-appellants Pan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. and Haisi Shipping, S.A. Joseph P. Tabrisky, Fisher, Porter & Kent, Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co., Ltd. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, NOONAN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. (Tokio Marine) brought suit to recover from Pan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. and Haisi Shipping, S.A. (the carrier) the money paid by Tokio Marine to its assured, Mitsubishi International Corporation (the shipper). The action was brought under the Carriage of Goods By Sea Act, 46 U.S.C.App. Secs. 1300-1315. In a…