Court Opinion

ID: 7707822
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:06:14.794682+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:59.183894
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing, and Certification of Question

PER CURIAM.
The motion for rehearing is denied.
Because the liability of ocean carriers is a question which arises from time to time, we certify that we have passed on the following question of great public importance:
WHERE AN OCEAN CARRIER ISSUES A THROUGH BILL OF LADING WHICH INCLUDES INLAND TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES BY MOTOR CARRIER, AND WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE OCEAN CARRIER WILL BE VICARIOUSLY LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS WHILE THE GOODS ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE INLAND MOTOR CARRIER, AND THE GOODS ARE LOST WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE INLAND MOTOR CARRIER WHO HAS ISSUED A SEPARATE BILL OF LADING, IS THE OCEAN CARRIER AS A MATTER OF LAW SUBJECT TO THE CARMACK AMENDMENT AND THE CARMACK TWO-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE INLAND LEG OF THE JOURNEY, OR IS THE OCEAN CARRIER’S LIABILITY GOVERNED BY THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT (COGSA), THE TERMS OF THE BILL OF LADING, AND THE COGSA ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS?
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT, JORGENSON, COPE, LEVY, GERSTEN, GODERICH, GREEN, FLETCHER, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.