Husman Construction Company and Larry Husman v. Purolator Courier Corp. And Western Union Telegraph Company

How courts have described this case

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

• \[I]t is unreasonable to subject a carrier to liability for enormous and unforeseeable consequential damages in return for an $11.75 shipment fee.\
• “Any challenge to [the carrier’s] limitation of liability under the released value doctrine could not serve to invalidate the contract between [the shipper] and [the carrier] on the issue of consequential damages.”
• shipper provided adequate notice of liability limitation where provision was referred to on front of bill of lading and was printed on back with “LIMITATION OF LIABILITY” heading and with other terms in capital letters
• carrier may limit liability for actual damages resulting from negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).