United States Eleventh Circuit

The Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. section 14706, preempts claims for fraud, negligence, wantonness, or willfulness, and outrage, because the claims all arise from a carrier's conduct involving transportation and delivery services.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2002
• Published 07/11/2002

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON, DUBINA and BLACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Owens,Owens & Almond, LLP, Denise L. Evans, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rusha C. Smith, John E. Goodman, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Ruth N. Borenstein, Paul T. Friedman, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Francisco, CA, J. Mark White, White, Dunn & Booker, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.