Mechanical Technology Incorporated, Cross-Appellant v. Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Since the dawn of this century, the highways of our nation have served as the arteries of a burgeoning interstate commerce. Although their wares may now be products of the technological revolution, commercial shippers still turn to trucks for safe and inexpensive transport. Similarly, shippers have for decades enjoyed the opportunity to contractually choose between full recovery for damage and low shipping costs.
In this appeal, we are called upon to interpret the explicit and implicit terms of such a contract. A shipper, Mechanical Technology Incorporated…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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