VIMAR SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS, S.A., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. M/V SKY REEFER, Her Engines, etc., and M.H. Maritima, S.A., Defendants, Appellees

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VIMAR SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS, S.A., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. M/V SKY REEFER, Her Engines, etc., and M.H. Maritima, S.A., Defendants, Appellees. No. 93-2179. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard April 8, 1994. Decided July 7, 1994. Stanley McDermott, III with whom Sharyn Bernstein, Varet & Fink, P.C., Alexander Peltz, and Peltz Walker & Dubinsky, New York City, were on brief, for appellants. John J. Finn with whom Thomas H. Walsh, Jr., Jeffrey S. King, and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellees. Before BREYER , Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge. Chief Judge Stephen Breyer heard oral argument in this matter but did not participate in the drafting or the issuance of the panel's opinion. The remaining two panelists therefore issue this opinion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(d).