Loehmann's Inc. v. S.S. Garoufalia

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge: *

This case arises out of the unexplained non-delivery of 41 of 125 cartons of women’s blouses imported from Hong Kong by *868the plaintiff Loehmann’s, a department store in the Bronx. Loehmann’s sued defendants United States Lines, Inc., a shipping company, and Greater New York Container Services, Inc., a trucking company, on May 7, 1985, for the value of its lost merchandise, a total of $21,741.14. Loehmann’s has settled its case against the two defendants on terms unknown to the court but which, in any event, are irrelevant. What remains to be decided is United States…