Legal Opinion
ROBERT BURTON ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellee, v. PRESTON TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 10, 1998No. 97-5363PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
This matter comes on before the court on defendant-appellant Preston Trucking Company Inc.’s appeal from an order of May 22, 1997, denying reconsideration of an order for summary judgment entered in this matter on March 25, 1997, in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Robert Burton Associates Inc. Burton, a shipper, brought this action against Preston, a carrier, under the Carmack Amendment for loss of merchandise in transit. 1 Preston concedes that it is liable to Burton and thus only damages are in dispute.
The district court set forth the facts and the legal issue involved…
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