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CISG-online number
615
Case name
St. Paul Guardian Ins. Comp. v. Neuromed Medical Sys. & Support GmbH
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Sidney H. Stein (District Judge)
Date of decision
26 March 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
00-Civ934 (SHS)
Claimants 2
Name
St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer's subrogee
Name
Travelers Insurance Company
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer's subrogee
Respondent 1
Name
Neuromed Medical Systems & Support GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
St. Paul Guardian Ins. Comp. v. Neuromed Medical Sys. & Support GmbH
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 20 December 2002 – 02-6095, 02-6103, CISG-online 3185
affirming
Seller 1
Name
Neuromed Medical Systems & Support GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Shared Imaging, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
77: Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, not elsewhere specified, and electrical parts thereof (including non- electrical counterparts, not elsewhere specified, of electrical household-type equipment)
Goods as per contract
Siemens Harmony 1.0 Tesla mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging System (MRI)
Price
930'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, due to parties' choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 9(2)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 67(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4(b); Art. 7(1); Art. 7(2)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on the passing of risk
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Decision published in 4
Westlaw (WL) (2002), 465312 [Full text – in English]
LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) (2002), 5096 [Full text – in English]
New York Law Journal (29 April 2002),
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2005), 256–259 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
447
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020326u1
Comments on this decision 3
William P. Johnson, 'Analysis of Incoterms as Usage under Article 9 of the CISG', 35 University of Pennsylvania Law Review (U. Pa. L. Rev.) (2013), 379–430, at 407–411 [– in English]  
Marlyse McQuillen, 'The Development of a Federal CISG Common Law in U.S. Courts: Patterns of Interpretation and Citation', 61 University of Miami Law Review (U. Miami L. Rev.) (2007), 509–537, at 518 [– in English]  
Jonas von Göler & Felix Lüth, 'The passing of Legal Risk under the Vienna Sales Convention: Does Article 66 CISG Cover Acts of State?', 16 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2012), 19–34, at 23 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 447 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English