BAKER PERKINS v. MIDLAND MOVING & STORAGE CO.

No. 89-2254.

920 F.2d 1301 (1990)

BAKER PERKINS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIDLAND MOVING AND STORAGE COMPANY and United Van Lines, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Mathieu (argued), Sinclair, Mathieu & Lee, Midland, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Edward V. Keelean (argued), Joselyn & Keelean, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Before KRUPANSKY and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, as amended in 1906 by the Carmack Amendment, requires common carriers to issue bills of lading for property received for transportation. 49 U.S.C. § 11707(a)(1). The current form of the legislation also permits the ICC to authorize a carrier to set rates under which the carrier's liability for damage to such property is limited to a value established by a "written agreement." 49 U.S.C. §...

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