Legal Opinion
Schoenmann Produce Co. v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 24, 2006No. CIV.A. H-05-1403PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
Schoenmann Produce Company, Inc. and Farming Technology, Inc. (plaintiffs) are Texas companies that grow and ship potatoes. Plaintiffs contracted with defendant, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, to ship potatoes from various locations in the United States to plaintiffs’ Houston facilities. Plaintiffs sued Burlington in Texas state court in October 2004, alleging mishandled potato shipments (either excessively low or high temperatures inside the rail cars), asserting state-law causes of action for breach of contract, negligence,…
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