United States Sixth Circuit

Under Section 7 of the Household Goods Transportation Act, 49 USC 11711(d), a consumer may recover attorney's fees from a common carrier for damage to an art object he intended to for decoration of his home.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2001
• Decided 09/17/2001
• Published 09/17/2001

Judges

• Before JONES, BATCHELDER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• P. David Palmiere (argued and briefed), McConnell & Palmiere, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven E. Sigalow (argued), Richard H. Sayler, Deborah L. Hamilton (argued and briefed), Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.