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B-247576.2 1 (1992-09-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadodh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ..... Comptmller General of the United States Wuaingtou, DC, 20548 Decision Matter of: American International Moving, Corp. File: B-247576.2 Date; September 2, 1992 DIGEST Prima facie case of carrier liability for the loss of clothing from an undelivered carton labeled linen is established where the agency points out that it would not have been unusual for the clothing to have been packed in that carton, and the carrier packed the shipment and was responsible for preparing the inventory; it is not reasonable to conclude simply from the carrier's own labeling and inventorying decisions that the items never were tendered to the carrier. DECISION American International Moving, Corp. requests review of our Claims Group's denial of American's claim for a refund of $470.99 set off from funds otherwise due the carrier for the loss of an Air Force member's household goods. We affirm the settlement. The carrier picked the shipment up on November 14, 19891 and delivered it on January 8, 1990. The set-off was for the loss of shoes, jeans, shirts, pants and a jacket that the member claimed were in inventory item number 63, an undelivered 4.5 cubic foot carton labeled linen on the inventory;*' the shipper did not claim the loss of any linen, however. The Air Force concluded that (1) it is not unreasonable to believe that clothing would be packed with linen, and (2) the fact that inventory items 64-67 were cartons of clothes suggests that the five cartons were packed at the same time. The Air Force set the money off on that basis, and our Claims Group agreed with such action in its settlement. In 'The member claimed that he bought the shoes in May of 1989, and the other items in August.

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