Legal Opinion
Automated Donut Systems, Inc. v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 7, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
On July 7, 1978, the plaintiff, Automated Donut Systems, Inc. (Donut), shipped a trailer containing doughnut making equipment from Massachusetts to its customer in Indiana via the defendant carrier, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail). The machinery arrived in Indiana in damaged condition, and the plaintiff brought suit against Conrail under 49 U.S..C- § 20(11) (1976), the so called Carmack Amendment. After trial to a jury which awarded separate damages of $95,000 to the consignee (customer) and $25,000 to the plaintiff under instructions from the judge that any award to the consignee…
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- D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Edgerton v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
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