St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Ohio Fast Freight, Inc.

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, plaintiff-appellant, commenced an action against defendant-appellee, Ohio Fast Freight, Inc., a common carrier, for damages to a precision scanner belonging to Industrial Nucleonics, an insured of St. Paul. St. Paul alleged that the precision scanner received damages while being transported pursuant to a bill of lading by defendant and that such damages in the amount of $8,701.99 were paid by St. Paul to Industrial Nucleonics whose claim was subrogated to St. Paul.

Ohio Fast Freight answered, admitting receipt of the property but denying the other…