About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-197911 1 (1988-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadndi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AThe Comptroller General of the United States Wmshington, D.C. 20548 Decision Interstate Van Lines, Inc. - Matter of: Lost Household Goods File: B-197911 Date: June 27, 1988 DIGEST Where a common carrier receives notice of additional lost items after delivery of a shipment of household goods and such notice is within 45 days of delivery, as prescribed by the Memorandum of Understanding under which the carrier and Navy agree to operate, the notice is timely, and a prima facie case of liability against the carrier cannot be avoided on the basis of untimely notice. DECISION Interstate Van Lines, Inc./Valdez Transfer, Inc. (Interstate) has appealed from our Claims Group's denial of its claim for reimbursement of the amount which the United States Navy set off from Interstate's account for the loss of a service member's household goods Interstate trans- ported.l/ The question at issue is whether notice of loss of those goods was provided to the carrier in a timely enough manner in order for the carrier to be held liable for that loss. We conclude that Interstate was notified in a timely manner so that it is liable for the loss; therefore we affirm the Claims Group's denial of Interstate's claim. When Interstate delivered the service member's household goods on November 12, 1982, a few of the goods were noted to be lost or damaged. On December 6, 1982, the Navy sent a formal notice (NASCORPC Form 4050/54) that these few and two additional items had been lost; the notice also invited Interstate to inspect the damage and stated that a detailed claim would be filed, which occurred on February 14, 1983. Interstate accepted liability for the few items noted to be lost and damaged upon delivery, but denied liability for the 1/ The goods belonging to Ensign Jack P. Pierce, USN, were shipped by the Navy in August 1982 from Yuma, Arizona, to Corpus Christi, Texas, on Government Bill of Lading BP-410-909.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most