B-193195: May 7, 1979

PREVIOUS REPAIR OF MOBILE HOME SPRING HANGER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INHERENT VICE AS SUCH CONDITION IS NOT CAUSED ENTIRELY BY INTERNAL DECOMPOSITION OR SOME QUALITY IN THE PROPERTY WHICH BRINGS ABOUT ITS OWN INJURY OR DESTRUCTION. 2. MEASURE OF DAMAGES FOR FREIGHT SHIPMENTS DELIVERED AT DESTINATION IN DAMAGED CONDITION IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARKET VALUE OF PROPERTY AT DESTINATION HAD DAMAGES NOT OCCU...

B-193195: May 7, 1979

A mobile home transported for a member of the Navy was delivered by the carrier in damaged condition, and the Navy collected $6,000 from the carrier for the damage. The carrier requested a review of the setoff action. Liability for a small part of the damages, caused by the mobile home's collision with a telephone pole, was admitted by the carrier. For the major portion of the damages, however, th...