General Transportation
We know that the client's principal goal for transportation and logistics operations is to get the goods where they need to go as efficiently as possible and maximize profitability. Sophisticated legal and business solutions, combined with aggressive representation, from Benesch's Transportation & Logistics Group can help.
Experience
- Won at jury trial in high-dollar international freight claim trial involving alleged damage to geodesic dome.
- Won at jury trial in international freight charge dispute involving global transport of tunnel boring equipment.
- The New Hampshire Insurance Co. v. Marinemax of Ohio, Inc., 408 F.Supp. 2d, 526, 63 Fed.R. Serv. 3d 976, (N.D. Ohio) Summary judgment regarding marine policy coverage issues.
- Brennan v. A-A Auto Transport, Inc., 2007 WL 2886355 (N.D. Ohio) Motion for Judgment on the pleadings granted; federal Carmack Amendment preemption.
- Shonac Corporation v. Maersk, Inc. 159 F.Supp. 1020, 2001 A.M.C. 1924 (S.D. Ohio) Summary judgment regarding damages recoverable in a COGSA maritime case.
- Smeltzer, et al. v. Binsley, et al., 2007 WL 397336, Ohio App. 9. Dist., No. 23092, 2007
- Mid-West Materials, Inc. v. Packard Logistics, Inc., 2007 WL 893890 (N.D. Ohio) Summary judgment dismissal; Carmack Amendment federal preemption.
- Halpern v. Atlas Van Lines, 2009 WL 484202 (N.D. Ohio) Partial summary judgment, and awarding sanctions and fees.
- Terminal Warehouse, Inc. v. CSX Transp., Inc., Fed. Corr. Cos. P. 85,442 (6th Cir.) Appeal of Surface Transportation Board decision as to railroad abandonment.
- Frankenmuth Mut. Ins. v. D.J. Franzen, Inc., 2008 WL 3836535 (N.D. Ohio) Granting dismissal based upon federal Carmack Amendment preemption.
- Carr v. Olympian Moving & Storage, Fed. Carr Cas. P. 84, 459 (N.D. Ohio) Dismissal on complete federal Carmack Amendment preemption grounds.
- DWC Company v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 2009 WL 150671 (S.D. Ohio) Removal approved based upon 28 U.S.C § 1337's "other paper" language.
- Automated Window Machinery, Inc. v. McKay Insurance Agency, Inc., 320 F.Supp. 619, Fed. Corr. Cas. P. 84, 343 (N.D. Ohio) Granting dismissal on federal Carmack Amendment preemption grounds.
- F.M. Machine Co. v. R&L Carriers, Inc., 2009 WL 175977 (N.D. Ohio), Fed. Carr. Cas. P. 84, 610 Partial summary judgment enforcing liability limitations of motor carrier.
- Associates Insurance Co. v. Whittington, 170 F.Supp. 2d 1119 (N.D. Ohio) Trucking insurance coverage summary judgment victory.
- Houmani v. Roadway Express, Inc., 2008 WL 731497 (N.D. Ohio) Freight loss and damage litigation; prevailed on summary judgment.
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