Aero Transporters, Inc. v. Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of defendant, entered March 12, 1982 in Ulster County, upon a decision of the court at Trial Term (Williams, J.), rendered on an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff, a contract carrier, as part of an exclusive shipping contract it had with Cerro Wire and Cable Co. (Cerro), agreed to transport a shipment of electrical conduit from Cerro’s plant in Syosset, New York, to Forrestville, Maryland. To make this delivery, plaintiff trip-leased a trailer owned by Kugler Transportation; plaintiff also arranged for a Kugler driver to make the…