Kluver v. Midwestern Transportation, Inc.

SIMMS, Justice:

This case concerns the liability of a common carrier to a consignee for goods for damages allegedly caused during shipment.. As the damaged goods were involved in interstate transportation, Federal Law, the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(11), and cases thereunder govern the determination of this cause.

Plaintiff Kluver, a retail appliance dealer in Clinton, brought four small claims actions against defendant, Midwestern *664Transportation, Inc., for damages to merchandise which defendant delivered to plaintiff in three separate shipments. The cases…