Legal Opinion
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. v. Megatrux Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 2014No. 13-10517PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge:
This ease involves a pirated shipment of disk drives, two logistics contracts, and application of the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 14706, a federal law regulating the interstate transportation of goods. It requires us to address the ability of intermediaries to negotiate limitations on liability, the sufficiency of proof of loss, and the scope of federal preemption with respect to a third-party logistic company’s contract-based claim for attorney’s fees.
I. Background
On September 18, 2009, a shipment of new and refurbished disk drives owned by Seagate Technology,…
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