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cited 4× by 4 distinct cases · “The fact that dismissal of an earlier suit was without prejudice does not authorize a subsequent suit brought outside of the otherwise binding period of limitations.”
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Charlie Brown Construction Co. v. City of Boulder City (2×)
Nev. · 1990 · confidence medium
The rule is derived in part from the decision in Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303 , 48 S.Ct. 134 , 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927), where the court said: "[A]s a general rule, at least, a tort to a person or property of one man does not make the tortfeasor liable to another merely because the injured person was under a contract with the other, unknown to the doer of the wrong." See Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34, 35 (11th Cir.1982).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Hercules Carriers, Inc. v. State of Florida
11th Cir. · 1983 · confidence medium
The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of en banc briefs. 1 This distinction finds support in the case of Federal Commerce & Navigation Co. v. Marathonian, 528 F.2d 907 (2d Cir.1975), where the court noted that "[t]he Robins rule appears to be based on a contract theory, denying relief to one injured by negligent interference with contract" and that but for the presence of a contract between the vessel ROLWI and the plaintiff time charterer, who lost profits due to delays incurred after the tortfeasor negligently damaged the ROLWI, "we might question whether at least the dam…
discussed Cited "see" Devillegas v. Quality Roofing, Inc., No. Cv92 0294190s (Dec. 1, 1993)
Conn. Super. Ct. · 1993 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord, Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir. 1982) (vessel owners could not recover economic losses resulting from the delayed passage of their vessels, where such delays were allegedly caused by the defendant's negligence); Local Joint Executive Board v. Stern, 651 P.2d 637 (Nev. 1982) (hotel employees could not recover lost wages due to hotel fire allegedly caused by CT Page 10384 defendant's negligence); United Textile Workers v. Lear Siegler Seating Corp., 825 S.W.2d 83 (Tenn.App. 1990) (employees at industrial park could not recover lost wages when park was close…
cited Cited "see" State of Louisiana v. Testbank
5th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982) (owners of vessels delayed when ship channel was blocked due to maritime collision could not recover economic losses).
cited Cited "see" Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V Testbank
5th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982) (owners of vessels delayed when ship channel was blocked due to maritime collision could not recover economic losses).
discussed Cited "see" State of Louisiana v. Testbank
5th Cir. · 1984 · signal: accord · confidence high
Akron Corp. v. M/T Cantigny, 5 Cir.1983 (per curiam), 706 F.2d 151 , 153; accord Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 11 Cir.1982 (per curiam) (summary calendar), 667 F.2d 34 , 35, cert. denied, 458 U.S. 1108 , 102 S.Ct. 3487 , 73 L.Ed.2d 1369 ; see also Vicksburg Towing Co. v. Mississippi Marine Transport Co., 5 Cir.1980, 609 F.2d 176 ; Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. M/V Bayou Lacombe, 5 Cir.1979, 597 F.2d 469 ; Dick Meyers Towing Service, Inc. v. United States, 5 Cir.1978, 577 F.2d 1023 , cert. denied, 1979, 440 U.S. 908 , 99 S.Ct. 1215 , 59 L.Ed.2d 455 . 5 The factual situation in the …
discussed Cited "see" Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V Testbank
5th Cir. · 1984 · signal: accord · confidence high
Akron Corp. v. M/T Cantigny, 5 Cir.1983 (per curiam), 706 F.2d 151, 153 ; accord Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 11 Cir.1982 (per curiam) (summary calendar), 667 F.2d 34 , 35, cert. denied, 458 U.S. 1108 , 102 S.Ct. 3487 , 73 L.Ed.2d 1369 ; see also Vicksburg Towing Co. v. Mississippi Marine Transport Co., 5 Cir.1980, 609 F.2d 176 ; Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. M/V Bayou Lacombe, 5 Cir.1979, 597 F.2d 469 ; Dick Meyers Towing Service, Inc. v. United States, 5 Cir.1978, 577 F.2d 1023 , cert. denied, 1979, 440 U.S. 908 , 99 S.Ct. 1215 , 59 L.Ed.2d 455 .
cited Cited "see" Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Fisher
Mass. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 , 35 (11th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom.
cited Cited "see" Amoco Transport Co. v. S/S MASON LYKES
S.D. Tex. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Kingston Shipping Co. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982) (per curiam), U.S. app. pend.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Aikens v. Debow
W. Va. · 2001 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied, ABC Containerline N.V. v. Kingston Shipping Co., 458 U.S. 1108 , 102 S.Ct. 3487 , 73 L.Ed.2d 1369 (1982) (holding that vessel owners could not recover economic losses resulting from delayed passage of vessel, where such delays were allegedly caused by defendant’s negligence); DeVille-gas v. Quality Roofing, Inc., No. CV920294190S, 1993 WL 515671 at *3 (Conn.Super.Ct.1993) (denying recovery of economic damages and stating that the "long established common law rule in this state is that in the absence o…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Miller Industries, Cross-Appellants v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., Burford Equipment Co., Defendant-Cross-Appellee
11th Cir. · 1984 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982); Hercules Carriers, Inc. v. State *819 of Florida, 720 F.2d 1201 (11th Cir.1983) (Clark, J., concurring), district court judgment affirmed by operation of law because of equally divided en banc court, 728 F.2d 1359 (11th Cir.1984).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Matter of Williamson Leasing Co., Inc.
E.D. Mo. · 1984 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. v. Roberts, 667 F.2d 34 (11th Cir.1982), where the Eleventh Circuit used the former Fifth Circuit case law as its governing body of precedent in denying recovery for negligence that caused a blocked ship channel.
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In the Matter of the Complaint of Kingston Shipping Co., Inc.
v.
Jeanette Roberts, Polish Steamship Company, I. S. Joseph Shipping Co., Ltd., I. S. Joseph Co., Inc., Clipper Maritime Co., Ltd., Pell Nederland, B v. Termar Navigation Co., Turbana Banana Corp., Gulfcoast Transit Co., Abc Containerline, N v. Wallenius Rederierna& Motorship, Inc., A/b Helsingfors Steamships Co., Ltd., Alianza Naviera Argentina, S.A., Marthanassa Compania, Naviera, S.A., Navios Corp. & Oceanside, Ltd., Claimants-Appellants
81-5343.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Feb 4, 1982.
667 F.2d 34
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667 F.2d 34

In the Matter of the Complaint of KINGSTON SHIPPING CO.,
INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Jeanette ROBERTS, et al., Defendants,
Polish Steamship Company, I. S. Joseph Shipping Co., Ltd.,
I. S. Joseph Co., Inc., Clipper Maritime Co., Ltd., Pell
Nederland, B.V., Termar Navigation Co., Turbana Banana
Corp., Gulfcoast Transit Co., ABC Containerline, N.V.,
Wallenius Rederierna& Motorship, Inc., A/B Helsingfors
Steamships Co., Ltd., Alianza Naviera Argentina, S.A.,
Marthanassa Compania, Naviera, S.A., Navios Corp. &
Oceanside, Ltd., Claimants-Appellants.

No. 81-5343
Non-Argument Calendar.

United States Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit.

Feb. 4, 1982.

Jack C. Rinard, David F. Pope, Tampa, Fla., for Polish Steamship, Joseph Shipping, Joseph, Clipper, Nederland Termar Navigation, Turbana Corp. and Ultraocean.

Gregg D. Thomas, Tampa, Fla., for Gulfcoast.

Jerome V. Flanagan, Hoch, Flanagan & Snyder, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Kingston Shipping Co., Inc. and Apex Marine Corp.

Walter C. Hartridge, Bohan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for James T. Rovolis, Coleen R. Rovolis, Carmel D. Rovolis and George Ronald Rovolis, Sr.

Gregory J. Orcutt, Dixon, Lawson & Brown, Tampa, Fla., for Flores.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Kingston Shipping Co., Inc., and Apex Marine Corp. filed an action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida for "exoneration from or limitation of liability" growing out of a collision between the United States Coast Guard buoy tender BLACKTHORN and the S/S CAPRICORN that occurred in January 1980 in Tampa Bay. As a result of the collision, the BLACKTHORN sank in the main ship channel of the port of Tampa, blocking the channel and precluding deep draft vessels from either entering or departing until the wreckage was cleared about 26 days later. The owners of these "delayed-vessels" filed claims seeking to recover damages incurred as a result of their delayed passage into or out of the port of Tampa. Plaintiffs Kingston Shipping and Apex Marine moved to dismiss the claims of the delayed-claimants and the district judge dismissed these claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

2

This case is governed by the rule set down in Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927) and adopted by the former Fifth Circuit. Vicksburg Towing Co. v. Mississippi Marine Transport Co., 609 F.2d 176 (5th Cir. 1980); Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. M/V Bayou Lacombe, 597 F.2d 469 (5th Cir. 1979); Dick Meyers Towing Service, Inc. v. United States, 577 F.2d 1023 (5th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 908, 99 S.Ct. 1215, 59 L.Ed.2d 455 (1979).[1] Robins made clear that a party may not recover for economic losses not associated with physical damages. The court states: "as a general rule, at least, a tort to the person or property of one man does not make the tort-feasor liable to another merely because the injured person was under a contract with that other, unknown to the doer of the wrong." 275 U.S. at 309, 48 S.Ct. at 135.

3

Appellants' attempts to question the validity or applicability of the Robins rule are without merit. In Louisville and Nashville, the former Fifth Circuit reaffirmed the validity of the rule: "Whatever the wisdom of the traditional rule of nonliability for negligent acts causing economic loss, Robins reflects the state of law in this circuit." 597 F.2d at 472.

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The order of the district court is AFFIRMED.

1

The Eleventh Circuit has adopted the case law of the former Fifth Circuit as its governing body of precedent. Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206 (11th Cir. 1981) (en banc)