Great Northern Insurance v. McCollister's Moving & Storage, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GERTNER, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Great Northern Insurance Company (“GNIC”), brings this action to recover damages against McCollister’s Moving & Storage, Inc. (“McCollister’s”). GNIC seeks these damages to cover losses that GNIC’s insured, Orbotech, Inc. (“Or-botech”) sustained after McCollister’s disposed of certain computer equipment without Orbotech’s permission.

The defendant now moves for summary judgment on the grounds that (1) Orbo-tech’s and the plaintiffs claims are preempted, as a matter of law, by the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act of…