Legal Opinion
Air Land Forwarders, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 7, 1997No. Nos. 91-924C, 91-926C, 91-927C, 91-929C, 91-930C, 91-933C, 91-934C, 91-938C, 91-940C & 91-941CPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEROW, Judge.
Plaintiffs are common carriers and freight forwarders that transported household goods for members of the armed forces. This portion of the litigation involves the claims of fourteen service members whose property was pilfered or damaged during transport.1 The following facts are derived from the pleadings and trial record in this matter.
FACTS
The claims in this suit generally observed the following procedures. The Military Traffic Management Command retains a carrier to move a service member’s household goods when he or she is transferred to a new post or is separated from…
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