A carrier appealed a Claims Group settlement which disallowed its claim for reimbursement of a sum set off from moneys it was otherwise due. The carrier had been found liable for the loss of two china platters allegedly contained in a shipment of household goods belonging to an Army member and shipped under a Government bill of lading. The carrier contended that it should not have been liable for...

DIGEST: A PRIMA FACIE CASE OF CARRIER LIABILITY IS NOT ESTABLISHED WHERE THE SHIPPER FURNISHES NO SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS ALLEGATION THAT HE TENDERED TO THE CARRIER PROPERTY THAT HE LATER CLAIMS WAS LOST. AN AMOUNT WHICH HAD BEEN SET OFF FROM MONIES OTHERWISE DUE ARPIN AFTER ARPIN WAS FOUND LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF TWO CHINA PLATTERS ALLEGEDLY CONTAINED IN A SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS B...