Eva Hall v. North American Van Lines, Inc. George Correa All City Moving and Storage

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Carmack Amendment is the “exclusive cause of 17 action” against a carrier of interstate goods, and this extends to “all manner of harms” arising from loss or damage to the shipment
• noting that the Fifth Circuit has found late delivery of goods to be preempted (citing Moffit v. Bekins Van Lines Co., 6 F.3d 305, 306–07 (5th Cir. 1993)
• stating “the existence of a defense based upon federal law is insufficient to support jurisdiction” (quotation omitted)
• considering a premature appeal to have been taken from the judgment entered subsequent to a notice to appeal
• finding delay and failure to deliver covered under the Carmack Amendment
• “It applies equally to fraud and conversion claims arising from a carrier’s misrepresentations as to the conditions of delivery or failure to carry out delivery.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).