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B-247876 1 (1992-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 3&3 of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: American Vanpac Carriers File: B-247876 Date: August 24, 1992 DIGEST A prima facie case of carrier liability for the loss of tools shipped in a member's tool box is established, even though the inventory does not indicate that the box .contained tools, when the description tool box is used. Apart from the member's allegation that the tool box contained tools when shipped, the Joint Military-Industry * Tables of Weights indicates that for purposes of adjusting claims an item described as a tool box will be considered to contain contents unless there is a specific indication that it is empty. DECISION American Vanpac Carriers (Vanpac) requests review of the disallowance by our Claims Group of the carrier's claim for a refund of $179.10, recovered by the Department of the Air Force from revenues otherwise due to Vanpac, for the in-transit loss of tools belonging to a service member. We affirm the Claims Group's settlement. The record shows that this shipment of household goods originated in Goldsboro, North Carolina on March 13, 1990, and was delivered to the member's new residence in Destin, Florida on April 3, 1990.1 On April 20, 1990, the member dispatched a Notice of Loss/Damage (DD Form 1840R) to Vanpac informing it, among other things, of contents missing from a tool box.? The descriptive inventory indicates that the tool box was shipped under item 124, and that tools were shipped in a carrier-packed 4.5 cubic foot carton under item 123. 'Shipped under Personal Property Government Bill of Lading. TP-208,161. 2Items described as missing included three socket sets, two hammers, three pair of vice grips, a staple gun, an open-end wrench set, allen wrenches and four screwdrivers.

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