Tempel Steel Corporation v. Landstar Inway, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding, in the alternative, that carrier’s attempt to disclaim liability for losses in Mexico was not a valid limitation of liability under Carmack Amendment
• noting that the ICC Termination Act, 109 Stat. 803 (1995), abolished the tariff filing requirement and the filed-rate doctrine
• “What carriers may not do is simply declare that they have no liability — for a value of $0 rarely will be ‘reasonable under the circumstances surrounding the transportation’ ”
• “A shipper may look to its chosen carrier, which then bears the responsibility for seeking compensation from another 8 No. 07-2710 carrier actually responsible for the loss.”

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