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ALLIED VAN LINES, INC. v. BRATTON

Nos. 49517, 49596.

351 So.2d 344 (1977)

ALLIED VAN LINES, INC., Petitioner, v. Ila M. BRATTON, Respondent. ALLIED VAN LINES, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Roberta McKNAB, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinald Werrenrath, III of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Hawkesworth, Schmick, Ponzoli & Wassenberg, Miami, for petitioners.

Joseph H. Williams of Troutman, Parrish & Weeks, Orlando, for Ila M. Bratton, and Richard J. Aaron of Schryver, Hagaman & Aaron, Naples, for Roberta McKnab, for respondents.

HATCHETT, Justice.

May an interstate shipper avoid the legal consequences of a limitation of liability provision contained in a Bill of Lading issued by a carrier and signed by the shipper, on the ground that the shipper did not read the document and therefore did not assent to its provisions? The Fourth District Court of Appeal [Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton, 330 So.2d 521 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)] and the Second District...

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