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B-261577 1 (1996-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadqv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: OK Transfer & Storage, Inc. File: B-261577 Date: March 20, 1996 DIGEST A military service has not established a prima facie case of liability for transit loss of a mink coat claimed by a service member when the member contends that the coat was included in a box marked on the descriptive inventory as clothes and the only evidence of tender, other than the claim itself, is a photograph of the member's wife dressed in a fur coat, notice on the day that the household goods were delivered that a fur coat was missing, and a general statement of loss written by the member. The member's general statement was a standard statement that he owned or used various listed missing items (including a mink fur coat); that they were not delivered at destination; that he had checked all of the rooms in his quarters to make sure that the packers left nothing behind; and that all items had been packed by the carrier. The member's evidence did not include any type of purchase receipt or its equivalent; the record did not indicate the name and address of the vendor of the coat; and there was no detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the tender of the lost coat to the carrier. DECISION The Department of the Army requests review of our settlement allowing OK Transfer & Storage, Inc.'s (OK Transfer) claim for recovery of $675 offset by the Army for the transit loss of a mink coat belonging to a service member.1 We affirm our settlement. OK Transfer picked up the member's household goods on September 9, 1992, at Fort Riley, Kansas, and delivered them to the member in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 22, 1993. At the time of delivery, the member and carrier noted that a box identified on the descriptive inventory as item 41, a carrier packed 3.1 cubic feet box of clothes, was missing. While there was no further description of the contents on the inventory, the member identified the contents of item 41 as a fur 1The member's (Reginald A. Smith) household goods moved under Personal Property Government Bill of Lading RP-892,883. 338319

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