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B-231357.2 1 (1992-09-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadodl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Wmainn, DC,. 20548 Decision Matter of: Aalmode Transportation Corp. File: B-231357.2 Date: September 9, 1992 DIGEST Carrier claim for transportation charges that had been withheld in connection with the shipment of two items that were damaged in transit is denied where the record now shows that the items were destroyed within the meaning of the applicable regulation. DECISION The Department of the Air Force requests reconsideration of our decision Aalmode Transportation Corp., B-231357, Jan, 15, 1991, in which we allowed Aalmode's claim of $29.69 for freight charges that the Air Force had deducted because of damage to a chest and book that the firm had transported. Based on information in the Air Force's request, we agree that Aalmode should not be allowed the freight charges since the current record indicates that the household goods in question were destroyed in transit within the meaning of the applicable regulation. Our prior decision is modified accordingly. BACKGROUND In September 1985, Aalmode delivered a shipment of household goods to an Air Force officer. Among other items, a chest and a Globe Illustrated Shakespeare with a leather binding were damaged. An inventory prepared at the time of delivery indicated that the chest was broken, rubbed and badly worn, and that the book was dented and torn. In a claim analysis prepared after a damage investigation, the Air Force said that the chest had its finish worn off to pressed wood underneath on both sides--border strips ripped (and) inner draws (sic) apart, and that the book had its leather covering dented and torn, pages damaged and crinkled. The claim analysis noted the original cost of the chest and book repectively to be $300 and $75. A repair estimate prepared by a furniture refinishing company stated that the chest, which was part of a set,awas not reparable to its original condition, and indicated a , I V') V r- A. (I n

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