SCEARCE v. O.M. WILSON MOVING & STOR.

No. 86-1365.

516 So.2d 278 (1987)

William SCEARCE, Individually and for Use and Benefit of Reliance Insurance Company and for Use and Benefit of Federal Insurance Company, Appellants, v. O.M. WILSON MOVING AND STORAGE INC., a Florida Corporation D/B/a a-1 Ace Moving and Storage Co., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Sweeting Morehead and Harold C. Knecht, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Magill & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, A-1 Ace Moving and Storage Company. The issue on appeal is whether A-1 Ace was a carrier to whom the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 1300-1315 (1982) (COGSA), applied to limit liability.

As defined by 46 U.S.C. § 1301(a) the "term `carrier' includes the owner or the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage...

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