B-143650, OCT. 28, 1960
Highlights
BISSELL AND BROOK: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR OFFER TO SETTLE FOR $5. WE THEREFORE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION TO RETURN TO YOU THE PROCEEDS OF YOUR CLIENT'S CHECK FOR $5. THE CARRIER IS LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE LOSS SUSTAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 000 IS RECEIVED.
B-143650, OCT. 28, 1960
TO LORD, BISSELL AND BROOK:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR OFFER TO SETTLE FOR $5,000 THE GOVERNMENT'S CLAIM FOR $33,592.50 ARISING FROM DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY, TRANSPORTED BY YOUR CLIENT FROM EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, TO DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE, UNDER GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING NO. AF-N 30 468 876, IN JANUARY 1956.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS NOTIFIED US THAT THE OFFER HAS BEEN REJECTED. WE THEREFORE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION TO RETURN TO YOU THE PROCEEDS OF YOUR CLIENT'S CHECK FOR $5,000, WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE COMPROMISE OFFER.
SINCE THE COMPROMISE OFFER HAS BEEN REJECTED, THE CARRIER IS LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE LOSS SUSTAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THUS, WHEN THE REFUND OF THE $5,000 IS RECEIVED, YOUR CLIENT SHOULD MAKE PROMPT REMITTANCE OF $33,592.50, TO THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 25, D.C., TO AVOID ITS COLLECTION BY OTHER PROCEDURES.