Bill of Lading:
Sued on behalf of Icelandic ocean carrier for unpaid freight on 32 containers of frozen herring shipped from Boston to Estonia. After trial, U.S. District Court easily found Shipper listed on bills of lading liable. Trickier case was against Merchant not listed on bills of lading but it too was liable under backside terms and conditions as well as its oral maritime contracts and prior course of dealing as Judge Lasker found Merchant "uncooperative, evasive, non-responsive, and less than credible." District Court also awarded our attorneys' fees. First Circuit affirmed, noting "counsel's fee was well earned."

EIMSKIP, The Iceland Steamship Co. v. Mayflower Int'l Ltd., 338 F.Supp.2d 191, 2004 AMC 1904 (D. Mass. 2004), aff'd sub nom EIMSKIP v. Atlantic Fish Market, Inc., 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 15364 (1st Cir. 2005).

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