Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.

OPINION

REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

Pacific Indemnity Co. (“Pacific”) brought suit for carrier liability pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 14706, the Carmack Amendment, against Atlas Van Lines, Inc. (“Atlas”) and Pickens Kane Moving & Storage Co. (“Pickens”) to recover $1 million in damages Pacific paid to its insureds, Ina and Murray Manaster, (the “Manasters”) when the Manasters’ shipment of household goods was destroyed by a fire while in transit from Chicago to Phoenix. Pickens was the receiving carrier, and the goods were destroyed in the custody of Atlas. Atlas and Pickens filed cross-claims…