TESSLER BROS. (B.C.) LTD. v. ITALPACIFIC LINE AND MATSON TERMINALS INC.,1

[1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 210

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NINTH CIRCUIT

Before Circuit Judge Barnes,Circuit Judge Wright andCircuit Judge Wallace

United States - Bill of lading - Limitation of liability - Bill of lading incorporating U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 (46 U.S. Code s. 1300 et seq.) and entitling independent contractor to limit their liability to U.S. $500 per package - Goods damaged whilst being discharged by stevedores - Whether stevedores could limit their liability to U.S. $500 - U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936, s. 4(5) (46 U.S. Code s. 1304(5)).