B-206117:
Sep 21, 1982
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...