Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. [Reichhold] seeks compensation for damage to chemicals shipped by railroad car from Seattle, Washington to Fairbanks, Alaska on the Alaska Railroad, a common carrier owned and operated by the United States. Reichhold originally filed this action in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska as a tort claim for negligence against the government. The case was transferred to the Claims Court because, although framed in negligence, the claim arose from a promise by the government contained in the bill of lading, a…