Sec. USA Servs., Inc. v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Judith C. Herrera, United States District Judge

This case presents the question of whether the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 49 U.S.C. § 14706, a federal law regulating the interstate transportation of goods, preempts a state law cause of action for bad-faith. Plaintiff Security USA Services, Inc., sued Defendant United Parcel Service Inc., in New Mexico state court for recovery of damages after Plaintiff's goods were damaged while being shipped from New Mexico *968to Texas, asserting state law causes of action for breach-of-contract and bad-faith refusal to pay for…