Read-Rite Corporation and American Homes Assurance Company v. Burlington Air Express, Ltd Cargolux Airlines International, s.a.,denying

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether, under federal common law applicable to carriage of goods by air, defendants have successfully limited their liability by contractual provisions in their air waybills.

Plaintiff Read-Rite Corp. (“Read-Rite”) contracted with defendants Burlington Air Express Ltd. (“Burlington”) and Cargolux Airlines International, S.A. (“Cargolux”) to transport by air from England to San Francisco a machine that applies a protective coating to compact discs, called a “cluster sputter.” Part of the machine was damaged en route, and Read-Rite and its…