B. F. McKernin & Co. v. United States Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that under New York law, negligence, even amounting to “gross disregard for plaintiffs rights,” is insufficient to warrant punitive damages against sea carrier
• bill of lading applies COGSA even to land transportation of goods in custody of carrier
• COGSA applied even though events’ giving rise to suit alleged to have occurred either in the packing of the goods or during post-discharge periods of land transportation
• no alternative liability under general maritime or state law for contract breach or conversion due to delayed delivery
• defendant’s misdirected shipments caused plaintiff to receive its cargo one month later than expected

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).