03Sep
SDNY Finds Insurer, As Subrogee, Lacked Authority to Enforce Arbitration Clause in Fuel Delivery Contract
The Southern District of New York declared that plaintiff Monjasa A/S was not bound by an arbitration agreement to which neither it nor the defendant was a party. The case stems from a fuel delivery contract between two non-parties, Monjasa Lda and Angola de Navegacao Lda (ANNA). The contract called for Monjasa Lda to supply fuel to a ship known as the BBC Scotland. Monjasa Lda and the plaintiff are wholly separate subsidiaries of Monjasa Group. The defendant underwrote an insurance policy...
By:
Carlton Fields
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