Legal Opinion

Zenith Electronics Corporation v. Panalpina, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 16, 1995No. 95-1912PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Zenith Electronics Corporation (“Zenith”) filed suit against Panalpina, Inc. (“Panalpi-na”) claiming breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and breach of duties imposed by the 1984 Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 1701 et seq. 1 Zenith alleged that Panalpina’s failure to deliver bills of lading to a guarantor bank in a timely fashion resulted in Zenith’s failure to collect the purchase price of goods it shipped to a customer in Peru. The district court granted summary judgment for Panalpina, finding Zenith’s suit barred by a one-year limitation clause incorporated in…

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