Admiralty Cases Roundup - Attachment and Indemnity

The appeals courts have been busy with admiralty decisions, so this busy blogger will summarize these cases and provide links to the source opinions for your further review:

Vitol v. Primerose Shipping Co., Ltd., opinion here.   Great admiralty civil procedure case from Fourth Circuit.  Prevailing party in a English Commercial Court proceeding sought to enforce the English judgment against the parent of the judgment debtor.  Piercing the corporate veil, 12(b)(6) pleading standards and more.

Weeks Marine, Inc. v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Assn., Inc., unpublished opinion here.  Unpublished decision about the "Club Rules" and the "Crew Claims Procedures" as it relates to notice to the Club regarding an employee's injury claim and the notice required to the Club.

Compania Sud Americana de Vapores v. Global Terminal & Container Services, Inc., unpublished decision here.  Second Circuit damages case arising in the stevedoring context.  This case has analysis of usual maritime claims and the operation of a maritime indemnity contract.