Legal Opinion
Turner's Farms, Inc. v. Maine Central Railroad Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 14, 1980No. Civ. 78-71 PPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, Chief Judge.
This is an action under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20(H). 1 Plaintiff alleges that the defendant railroad delayed delivery of two carloads of poultry feed and one carload of “concentrate” to plaintiff’s poultry farm in Livermore Falls, Maine. The complaint seeks damages for profits lost as a result of defendant’s alleged delay in delivery. Defendant contends that the three carloads were delivered with “reasonable dispatch” and that, therefore, plaintiff has no claim for delayed delivery. Defendant…
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