Legal Opinion
Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance v. Fritz Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2000No. 98-16024PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Hitachi Data Systems Corp. (“Hitachi”) and its insurer, Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (“Nissan”), sued appellees Fritz Co., Inc. (“Fritz”) and Tower Air, Inc. (“Tower”) under the Warsaw Convention for recovery of damages arising out of the total loss*of goods carried by Fritz and Tower. The district court granted summary judgment for Fritz and Tower, and Hitachi and Nissan appealed. For the reasons that follow, we revérse as to Fritz and affirm as to Tower.
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In June 1995, Hitachi contracted with Fritz, a freight forwarder, to ship a 530 kilogram…
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