https://www.gao.gov/products/087321

B-197911.2: Sep 9, 1988

Two firms requested reconsideration of their denied claim for reimbursement of a Navy offset for damages to a service member's household goods, contending that: (1) one item had preexisting damage; and (2) their liability for damage that they admittedly caused to a second item should be limited, since the item had documented, preexisting damage. GAO held that the carriers: (1) were not liable for...

https://www.gao.gov/products/473844

B-197911.2: Sep 9, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Payment/Discharge - Shipment - Carrier liability - Burden of proof DIGEST: A common carrier acknowledging its liability for damaging a shipment of household goods must pay the full cost of repairing that damage (up to the agreed limit of liability) even though some incidental pre existing scratches to one item are also repaired in the process. The carrier is not liable for damage all...