Gentle Wave Shipping S.A. v. Transfield Shipping Inc.

Filing 26

OPINION:#98580 The costs of this action were substantially due to Respondent's choice to contest it. See Telenor Mobile Communs. AS v. Storm LLC, No. 08 Civ. 6188, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22156, at *33 (2d Cir. Oct. 8, 2009) ("[Respondent' ;s] situation, like that of the apocryphal parricide seeking mercy because he had been orphaned, is entirely of its own making."). Under these circumstances, attorneys' fees and expenses of $68,532.48 are reasonable. (Signed by Judge Robert W. Sweet on 2/11/2010) (jpo) Modified on 2/23/2010 (ajc).

UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT SOUTHERN D I S T R I C T OF NEW YORK

GENTLE WAVE S H I P P I N G S . A . , Petitioner, 09 Civ. 7909

-againstTRANSFIELD S H I P P I N G I N C . , Respondent.

OPINION

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APPEARANCES:

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Attorneys for P e t i t i o n e r SEWARD & K I S S E L L L P One B a t t e r y P a r k P l a z a New Y o r k , N Y 1 0 0 0 4 By: B r u c e G. P a u l s e n , E s q . Attorneys for Respondent CHALOS & CO, P . C . 1 2 3 South S t r e e t O y s t e r B a y , NY 1 1 7 7 1 By: G e o r g e M. C h a l o s , E s q .

Sweet, D. J

P e t i t i o n e r G e n t l e Wave S h i p p i n g S.A.

("Gentle

Wave") h a s moved f o r a t t o r n e y s f e e s a n d e x p e n s e s , p u r s u a n t Rule 5 4 ( d ) o f t h e F e d e r a l Rules o f C i v i l Procedure, i n a c c o r d a n c e o f t h e O r d e r o f t h e C o u r t , d a t e d O c t o b e r 21, 2009, g r a n t i n g P e t i t i o n e r G e n t l e Wave S h i p p i n g S . A . ' s Motion t o C o n f i r m A r b i t r a t i o n Award a n d f o r E n t r y o f Judgment i n i t s e n t i r e t y a g a i n s t Respondent T r a n s f i e l d Shipping Inc. ("Transfield" o r "Respondent"), and w i t h t h e

terms o f t h e Judgment e n t e r e d by t h e C o u r t on O c t o b e r 27,

2009, a w a r d i n g P e t i t i o n e r i t s e x p e n s e s , i n c l u d i n g reasonable attorneys' fees. For t h e r e a s o n s s e t f o r t h

below, t h e m o t i o n i s g r a n t e d .

Prior Proceedings

A p a n e l o f two members o f t h e London M a r i t i m e

A r b i t r a t o r s A s s o c i a t i o n ("LMAA") ( t h e "Panel")

sitting as arbitrators

p u r s u a n t t o t h e LMAA T e r m s ( 2 0 0 6 ) , a f t e r

c o n s i d e r i n g t h e w r i t t e n e v i d e n c e and su b m i ssi o n s o f b o t h p a r t i e s , i s s u e d a n a r b i t r a t i o n award d u l y e x e c u t e d on August 7 , 2009 ( t h e " F i r s t F i n a l Award"), i n favor of