Springfield Industries v. Broes Trucking Co.

This is an action under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. §11707, for damage to goods shipped.in interstate commerce.

The plaintiff, Springfield Industries (“Springfield”), contracted on July 26, 1982 for the transportation by defendant’s truck of six banded coils of high tensile steel strand from the plaintiffs New Jersey warehouse to the *175consignee’s place of business in Woburn, Massachusetts. The defendant, Broes Trucking Company, Inc. (“Broes”), is an interstate carrier. Springfield bonded, strapped and generally prepared the coils for shipment at its…