KING JEWELRY, INC. v. FEDERAL EXP. CORP.

No. 01-57093.

316 F.3d 961 (2003)

KING JEWELRY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Daneshrad, Law Offices of Joseph Daneshrad, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Robert J. Taitz, Shane & Taitz, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.


T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

King Jewelry, Inc. ("King Jewelry") appeals the grant of partial summary judgment limiting Federal Express Corporation's ("Federal Express") liability for damage to a shipment of candelabra. We affirm because we find that: (1) the district court1 appropriately found that the candelabra were "items of extraordinary value" as defined in the contract; (2) federal common law governs the limited liability provision...

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