United States Second Circuit

In contract action to recover damages for loss to shipped goods, judgment is affirmed, where: 1) under federal common law of bailment and the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, limitations on liability do not extend to third parties in the absence of contractual intent that they do so; and 2) there is no error in the district court's finding on negligence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2013
• Published 01/07/2013

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Second Circuit

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