Phoenix Partner Julie E. Maurer, Chair of the National Cargo
& Logistics Practice and co-Chair of the Transportation
Practice, along with Partner Andrew Kleiner, recently achieved a
favorable outcome on behalf of an interstate moving company through
a motion for reconsideration of the partial denial of a motion to
dismiss in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio.
In this case, two related families, the plaintiffs, hired the
interstate moving company to transport their household goods and
personal property from Ohio to Florida. During transit, some of the
goods were allegedly damaged, and the plaintiffs criticized the
scope and quality of the moving services provided. Without filing a
proper claim within nine months, per the terms of the bill of
lading contract, the plaintiffs initiated a lawsuit against both
the moving company and its disclosed household goods agent. The
allegations included violations of the Ohio Consumer Sales
Practices Act,
