Legal Opinion
General Foods Corp. v. Pittston Warehouse Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 9, 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In December of 1982, plaintiff General Foods commenced this action for $310,000 in damages resulting from the loss of 1,392 bags of coffee. Plaintiff alleged that defendant Pittston, a warehouse corporation, negligently stored the goods, negligently *521maintained its premises, breached the warehouse contract and wrongfully converted the goods to its own use. Pittston, by its answer, denied the allegations of negligence and conversion and asserted four affirmative defenses, to wit: (1) plaintiff failed to file a claim within 60 days of its request for delivery, as required by the warehouse…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- I.C.C. Metals, Inc. v. Municipal Warehouse Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Weinberg v. D-M Restaurant Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
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