Legal Opinion
B & D Appraisals v. Gaudette MacHinery Movers, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 28, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-0581 LPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion of defendant, Tri-State Motor Transit Co. (Tri-State), to alter or amend the judgment entered for plaintiff, B & D Appraisals (B & D), pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). The jury returned a verdict for B & D in the amount of $45,360.00 for damage done to its goods being transported by Tri-State. 1 Tri-State now argues in support of the motion that the jury verdict represents an excessive award under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 10103, 11707 and 10730…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Greene v. Oliver Realty, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CrailSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Application for Issuance of Order Requiring the United States Environmental Protection Agency to Produce Dr. Thomas Spittler to Testify by Videotape Deposition. Appeal of Sun Pipe Line CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Hood v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- Judd Realty, Inc. v. TedescoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
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