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B-243746 1 (1991-08-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2054 Decision Matter of: Cartwright Van Lines, Inc. File: B-243746 Date: August 16, 1991 DECISION Cartwright Van Lines, Inc., requests review of our Claims Group's settlement involving an Air Force set-off against funds due Cartwright in connection with the loss and damage to a service member's shipment of household goods.l/ We affirm the Claims Group's settlement. Cartwright picked up the household goods on April 29, 1987, in Glen Burnie, Maryland. A descriptive property inventory had been signed and dated on the previous day by the company's agent. The goods were delivered to destination in Fresno, California, on September 1, with the member noting on the standard-form statement of loss or damage that her household goods were due to further inspection. On October 27, the Air Force dispatched another standard-form statement notifying Cartwright of the loss and damage involved. The Joint Military/Industry Memorandum of Understanding on Loss and Damage (MOU) provides that written documentation advising the carrier of later-discovered loss or damage, if dispatched not later than 75 days following delivery, shall be accepted by the carrier as overcoming the presumption of the correctness of the delivery receipt. The Air Force therefore set off $152.76 against funds otherwise due Cartwright based on valuation at $0.60 per pound, per article. Cartwright contests $107 of the set-off. Cartwright denies liability because the missing/damaged items were unpacked at the time of delivery under the member's supervision. The carrier maintains that if something had been missing or damaged it thus should have been evident at delivery; the member, however, failed to note the alleged loss/damage at 1/ Personal Property Government Bill of Lading QP-022,872.

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