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B-197911 1 (1988-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnca0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .LThe Comptroller General of the United States KWashington, D.C. 20148 Decision Valdez Transfer, Inc. - Preexisting Damage - Matterof: Question of Fact File: B-197911 Date: May 12, 1988 DIGEST In a case concerning a claim against a household goods carrier for damage to a cabinet, the agency presents copies of an inventory sheet indicating that no exceptions were taken by the carrier at origin to the condition of the cabinet included in a shipment of household goods. The carrier's contention that a copy of the inventory it presented, tending to show that exceptions were taken at destination, is not sufficient to overcome the agency's inventory sheet and thus does not establish preexisting damage. As a result, the denial of the carrier's claim for refund of $150 collected by the agency to recover for the damage is sustained. DECISION Valdez Transfer, Inc., a household goods carrier, appealed our Claims Group's denial of its claim for refund of $1501/ which the Department of the Army withheld from the carrier to recover for damage to a shrank (a three-piece German cabinet) which was among the household goods transported for Sergeant Edward L. Reed, USA, in July 1985. We sustain our Claims Group's action. The Claims Group denied the claim on the ground that there was no evidence of preexisting damage to the cabinet, which is identified on the inventory sheet as numbers 19, 20, and 21. Valdez contends that the copy of the inventory, which the carrier submitted, shows that the damage forming the basis of the government's claim, such as a chipped and gouged top, a loose centerboard and gouged wall unit, and l/ Although Valdez requested refund of $171, the Army allowed $21; therefore, only $150 is in issue. The Claims Group denied the claim by Settlement Certificate Z-2727878(94), dated October 28, 1987.

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