Great Lakes Insurance SE v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and…
Great Lakes Insurance SE v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-10656
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Great Lakes Insurance v. American Steamship, Judge Abrams ordered supplemental briefs on subject-matter jurisdiction.
The plaintiff and all defendants were required to address the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction concerns in supplemental briefs.
What happened
In Great Lakes Insurance SE v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association Inc., the court addressed pending motions to dismiss and requested more information about its authority to hear the case.
The parties must submit letter briefs by June 16, 2020, limited to five pages, discussing whether the action meets the two-part test for admiralty tort jurisdiction, including the general type of incident and activity involved.
Judge Ronnie Abrams did not decide the jurisdiction issue or rule on the motions to dismiss; she ordered supplemental briefing on the subject-matter question.
The detailed version
- Great Lakes Insurance SE v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and… · No. 1:19-cv-10656
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 9, 2020
Background
Great Lakes Insurance SE, in its own right and/or as subrogee of Pacific Gulf Shipping Co., sued American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association Inc., also known as The American Club, Shipowners Claims Bureau Inc., George Gourdomichalis, and Efstathios Gourdomichalis. The opinion identifies pending motions to dismiss but does not describe the underlying dispute in detail.
Court’s Request
The court ordered the parties to submit supplemental letter briefs by June 16, 2020. Each brief could not exceed five pages. The briefs had to address the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction, meaning its legal authority to hear the action. In particular, the parties had to discuss whether and to what extent Great Lakes had satisfied the two-part test for admiralty tort jurisdiction described in Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. The court specifically requested discussion of the general type of incident involved and the general character of the activity that caused it.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered supplemental briefing. The order did not decide whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists and did not state that any pending motion to dismiss was granted or denied.
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