Baloise Ins. Co., Ltd. v. United Airlines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that defendant carrier “should not be treated as a warehouseman simply because it stores goods temporarily in a warehouse facility prior to transport.”
• distinguishing Information Control where carrier was under no obligation to follow specific route
• carrier should not be treated as a warehouseman \simply because it stores goods temporarily in a warehouse facility prior to transport\
• “Absent some affirmative proof of conversion, courts applying federal common law will enforce a contractual limitation of liability provision.”
• “When a bailee commits the intentional tort of conversion, courts will not enforce limitation of liability provisions on grounds of public policy.”
• “It is clear that [the conversion claim in] this case is governed by the federal rule. Federal common law governs a carrier’s liability for the loss of goods during interstate shipment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).