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TLA Feature Articles and Case Notes
from TLA TTL April 2023
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10 Stephenson Equip. v. ATS Specialized, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119751, *20, n. 11 (N.D.N.Y. 2013) (rejected material deviation doctrine where no evidence shipper paid carrier additional charge for specialized safety measures); Vigilant Ins. Co. v. World Courier, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44570, *17-20, 2008 WL 2332343 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (rejected material deviation where there was no additional carrier fee charged and no separate risk-related carrier promise special to particular shipment); Krystaltech Int’l, Inc. v. Am. Int’l Freight, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5442, *11-15, 2000 WL 502865 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) (rejected nominal payment to carrier for shrink-wrapping as basis for "special consideration for the acceptance of full liability"); Nippon Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Skyway Freight Sys., Inc., 67 F.Supp.2d 293, 299-300 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (NIPPON II ) (declined to apply admiralty deviation to air carriage because it would "eviscerate the well-established limitation of liability principle"); Nippon Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Skyway Freight Sys., Inc., 45 F.Supp.2d 288, 292-293 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (NIPPON I ) (rejected material deviation where no additional charge paid to carrier for special service); Rafaella Gallery, Inc. v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 818 F. Supp. 53, 54 (S.D.N.Y. 1993) (followed Tishman and Lichten and rejected material deviation for non-delivery where no carrier conversion); The Baloise Ins. Co. Ltd. v. United Airlines, Inc., 723 F. Supp. 195, 198 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) (proof of conversion required to void carrier liability limitation). Vigilant, Krystaltech, NIPPON I and NIPPON II all rejected material deviation because no specific, additional charges were paid by the shippers to the carriers for special services and the carriers made no separate risk-related promises "special to the particular shipment at issue."
11 Royal & Sun Alliance Ins., PLC v. E.C.M. Transport, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116104, 2015 WL 5098119 (S.D.N.Y. 2015) (material deviation applied to nullify carrier liability limitation for theft of goods from carrier’s where trailer yard security measures were held a material condition of limitation); A.I.G. Europe (Netherlands) N.V. v, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., 765 F.Supp.2d 472, 485 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (denied summary judgment on deviation based on factual issues); Great Am. Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. TA Operating Corp., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101758, *13-14, 2008 WL 5335317 (S.D.N.Y, 2008) (denied summary judgment on deviation based on factual issues); Nipponkoa Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc., 431 F.Supp.2d 411, 415-419 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (deviation applied where separately negotiated carrier security guidelines were expressly stated in contract to be "material"); Praxair, Inc. v. Mayflower Transit, Inc., 919 F.Supp. 650, 654-656 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) (deviation applied where shipper requested and paid carrier for special cargo safety measures particular to the shipment).
12 979 F.2d 310, 315-316 (3d Cir. 1992).
13 Id. at 315-316. See also Lufthansa German Airlines v. Am. Airlines, 797 F.Supp. 446 (D.V.I. 1992) (court rejected application of fundamental breach and material deviation doctrines to avoid Warsaw Convention cargo liability limitation).
14 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40187 (D.N.J. 2011).
15 Id. at *18.
16 Siaci Saint Honore v. M/V GSL KALLIOPI, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207365, *18 (D. N.J. 2022).
17 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43915, 2008 WL 2168760 (D. S.C. 2008).
18 Id. at *39.
19 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154686, *22-28 (E.D. N.C. 2010)
20 634 F. Supp.2d 699 (S.D. Miss. 2009).
21 Id. at 708.
22 Id. at 708-709.
23 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4093 (S.D. Tex. 2007).
24 Id. at *10.
25 Id. at *10-11.
26 Id. at *11.
27 Id
28 Id.
29 Exel, Inc. v. Southern Refrigerated Transp. Inc., 905 F.3d 455, 464 (6th Cir. 2018).
30 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110788, 2013 WL 4010312 (S.D. Ohio 2013).
31 160 F. Supp. 2d 842 (S.D. Ohio 2001).
32 Id. at 845.
33 823 F. Supp. 498 (N.D. Ill. 1993).
34 Id. at 501.
35 Id
36 Id
37 Cor Trans Logistics, LLC v. Landstar Ligon, Inc., 489 F.Supp. 824, 835 (S.D. Ind. 2020).
38 501 F.2d 1369 (8th Cir. 1974).
39 Id. at 1372.
40 Id. at 1372-1373.
41 816 F.2d 1360, 1366 (9th Cir. 1987).
42 Id. at 1366.
43 Coughlin v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 847 F.2d 1432, 1434 (9th Cir. 1988).
44 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91720 (C.D. Cal. 2010).
45 Id. at *11 (citing Hughes Aircraft Co. v. North Am. Van Lines, 970 F.2d 609, 610-613 (9th Cir. 1992)). See also Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s v. Expeditors Int’l of Wash., Inc., 584 F.Supp. 860, 869-873 (C.D. Cal. 2022) (held issue of fact precluded summary judgment on material deviation).
46 526 F. Supp. 720 (W.D. Okla. 1981).
47 Id. at 722.
48 Id.
49 736 F.Supp.2d 1311 (S.D. Fla. 2010).
50 Id. at 1316.
51 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129830 (S.D. Fla. 2009).
52 Id. at *6.
53 Id. at *11.
54 Id. at *13.
55 Southeastern Express Co. v. Pastime Amusement, Co., 299 U.S. 28, 29, 57 S.Ct. 73, 81 L.Ed. 20 (1936).
56 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14101(b)(1).