United Parcel Service v. Helen of Troy Corp.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

Summary judgment was awarded to the plaintiff, as a shipper, and against its carrier which accepted three certified checks from the consignee. The certified checks were accepted by the carrier for a C.O.D. delivery. The shipper alleged that the checks were forged and worthless. We reverse the judgment of the trial Court and remand the cause.

The plaintiff, Helen of Troy Corporation, sent three shipments of hairgoods by the carrier, United Parcel Service, to a consignee, Hair Unlimited, at Racine, Wisconsin. The plaintiff alleged that the shipments were sent on a C.O.D.…