Legal Opinion
Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,057 Mark L. Gordon, as Administrator of the Estate of Ruth Slavin, and Rachelle Gordon, and v. United Van Lines, Inc., And
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1997No. 96-2346, 96-2442PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
When the elderly and ailing Ruth Slavin decided to move from her home in Florida to the Chicago area, in order to be close to her daughter, she turned to United Van Lines to handle the relocation of her personal belongings. What resulted can only be described as every family’s worst nightmare: from its earliest contact with her, through its agent who never made clear to her what kind of coverage she needed for her goods, to its failure to deliver her most priceless family memorabilia and heirlooms and its four-month course of deception pertaining to that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
- Edward and Nancy Hughes v. United Van Lines, Inc., and 291 Sisser Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by97 opinions
- Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Incorporated Coleman American Moving Services, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Pmc, Inc. v. Sherwin-Williams CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Eva Hall v. North American Van Lines, Inc. George Correa All City Moving and StorageCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Frank H. Smith v. United Parcel ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- REI Transport, Inc. v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
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