HILL CONST. CORP. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 92-1903, 92-1992.

996 F.2d 1315 (1993)

HILL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, D/B/A Hill Helicopters Rental Service, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant. HILL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, D/B/A Hill Helicopters Rental Service, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricardo F. Casellas with whom Jacqueline D. Novas and Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for American Airlines, Inc.

Jose E. Alfaro Delgado with whom Calvesbert & Brown, San Juan, PR, was on brief, for Hill Const. Corp.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

American Airlines appeals a judgment requiring it to pay approximately $22,000 to Hill Construction Corporation as a result of American's having temporarily lost, and then damaged, a helicopter blade that Hill had asked American to ship from Puerto Rico to California. American does not contest the fact of liability. Rather, it argues that the court lacked the power to award damages greater than the maximum permissible under a contract provision...

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