JOHNSON & JOHNSON v. CHIEF FREIGHT LINES CO.

No. 81-2332.

679 F.2d 421 (1982)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHIEF FREIGHT LINES CO., Joy Cartage Co. and Graves Truck Lines, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Douglas Coffin, Dallas, Tex., for Chief Freight Lines Co.

Phinney, Hallman & Coke, Jack L. Coke, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Graves Truck Lines, Inc.

Henderson, Bryant, Wolfe, Vogelsang & Graber, John B. Kyle, Sherman, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, REAVLEY and TATE, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a final judgment entered in favor of a shipper, Johnson & Johnson, in an action brought under the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11707 (formerly codified at 49 U.S.C. § 20(11)), against three motor carriers — Chief Freight Lines Company, Joy Cartage Company, and Graves Truck Lines — to recover damages for the loss in transit of 990 cases from a shipment of baby shampoo, baby lotion, and baby powder...

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