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Revisiting COGSA vs. Carmack

Colin Barrett | Sep 6, 2010 4:00AM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Magazine - Commentary

Q: Can you clarify why the Supreme Court ruled the way it did in the so-called “K” Line case? The goods in that case were destroyed when they were moving on a railroad. Why, then, did the court hold that ordinary railroad (Carmack Amendment) liability didn’t apply, but only the much


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