Freight Claims in Plain English - Fourth Edition

by George Carl Pezold and William J. Augello
Edited by Brent Wm. Primus, J.D.
(Two Volume Set - 1297 pages**)
Now in completely revised and updated edition!

Retail Price: $285
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Freight Claims in Plain English is now available again in this completely revised and updated Fourth Edition. This edition is scheduled to be released in March 2009. The book is in two volumes: volume one contains the text and index and is 592 pages; volume two contains the appendices and is 705 pages.

The 4th Edition of "Freight Claims in Plain English" is also available in CD-ROM format. This new format will facilitate use when traveling, when using laptops and notebooks, home computers, etc. The price for the CD-ROM is $285 (same price as the book). Or, Buy both the Hardbound Text and the CD-ROM Text both for $425 and save $145

The text has been expanded to cover many new subjects, recent developments and court decisions affecting transportation in general and claims for loss and damage to cargo in particular, including developments in international ocean and air transportation, intermodal, and cross-border trade with Canada and Mexico. The book is in two volumes: volume one contains the text and index; volume two contains the appendices.

Major topics include:
• Surface Carrier Liability
• Common Carrier Liability
• Beginning and Ending of Carrier Liability
• Contracts of Carriage and Bills of Lading
• Burdens of Proof
• Carrier Defenses to Liability
• Damages
• Limitations of Liability
• Time Limits (Surface Modes)
• Claims Procedures and Administration
• Specific Claim Problems
• Aids to Claim Recovery • Liability of Surface Freight Forwarders and Intermediaries
• Warehouseman’s Liability
• The Impact of Deregulation
• Air Carrier Liability
• Water Carrier Liability
• Intermodal and Multimodal Liability
• Canadian Annotations by Catherine A. Pawluch
• Mexican Annotations by Arcie Izquierdo Jordan

Since its first publication in 1979, Freight Claims in Plain English has become THE BOOK for transportation and logistics professionals throughout the country who are involved in claims for loss or damage in transit. It is used as a text for students of transportation and as a reference for attorneys and paralegals involved in claim problems.

The original text was revised and republished in the Second Edition in 1982. The Third Edition, which was published in two volumes in 1995, was reissued in a soft cover edition and has now been sold out.

** Also available in CD-ROM format.

Manager's Guide to Freight Loss
and Damage Claims — Third Edition

Like the first edition, a real-world, practical approach on how to deal with the twin problems of freight damage and freight loss. Author Colin Barrett discusses both the law and the reality of freight claims--understandably and succinctly--so that shippers and carriers alike can understand their rights and their responsibilities in dealing with loss and damage problems. In this new and expanded edition, Barrett has updated key areas in accordance with changes in the law and court decisions, and has added a wealth of further information. Written in clear, descriptive language; the plentiful legal references appear as footnotes. The meat of the book is easy to get to, and the footnotes are there when you need them.
Too often legal discussions seem to be (to coin a phrase) of the lawyers, by the lawyers and—most regrettable of all—for the lawyers. Even those that purport to be in “plain English” wind up so riddled with legalistic phrasings and case citations that the lay reader is soon gasping with the effort to keep up. The law is important to everyone. And understanding the law is important to everyone. This book can help promote that understanding.

6 × 9", 400 pages
Hardcover, 100 lb. lithocase.
ISBN: 1-893846-60-1.
Author: Colin Barrett
Subject: Business; Transportation; Law

Motor Carrier Cargo Claims, Fifth Edition

A must have for your reference library.   The text on Canadian Cargo Claims.

Motor Carrier Cargo Claims remains the only Canadian publication dealing exclusively with a motor carrier’s liability for cargo damage or loss during the various stages of commercial transportation of goods by highway.

The new fifth edition contains major revisions and analyses of the following:

• The consequences of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987, R. S., 1985, c. 29 (3rd Supp.), which were proclaimed in force on January 1, 2006
• The deregulated environment in Ontario since the repeal of the Truck Transportation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.22, effective January 1, 2006
• Leading cases on load broker regulations such as Nolar Industries Ltd. v. Freight Transportation Assoc., 2006 CarswellOnt 3242 (Ont. S.C.J.)

It is the only text covering the laws, regulations and court decisions governing transportation and logistics in the current deregulated environment under one cover! It covers real-world experiences during the author’s 50 years of practicing transportation law, during which he counseled shippers and their trade associations, carriers, brokers and freight forwarders on a wide variety of problems, including:

• Loss, damage and delay claims and suits
• "Shippers" xposure to double payment
• Negotiating contracts and rate agreements
• "Off-bill discounts"
• Classification rating proceedings
• Drafting a corporate bill of lading
• Carriers limitations of liability
• Complying with DOT and STB regulations - Department of Transportation (DOT), Surface Transportation Board (STB)
• Corporate procedures to prevent losses
• Undercharge and overcharge claims
• Latest text and material on statutes and regulations for transportation and logistics professionals.
• The book covers hundreds of new court decisions since September 11, 2001 (the closing date for text material in the first edition).
• New sections on Cargo Insurance, Broker Liability, Importing and Exporting.
• The Homeland Security Department's jurisdiction over Transportation Security.
• The government's reaction to the threat of new terrorists' attacks, and terrorists' use of transportation vehicles to deliver those attacks.
• It contains an introduction to Hazardous Materials by Richard Custer, retired from Corning, Inc. and now a consultant on Hazardous Materials and Transportation.
• An expanded section on Railroad Regulation by Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., former General Counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
• And much more!

Indispensable information, in a format that builds knowledge that every transportation manager must have. Questions and answers from Traffic World and Distribution Q&A columns. Useful, instructive analyses of problems in contracting, contract requirements,
undercharges, interstate vs intrastate carriage, brokers and other third parties, bill-oflading notations, `inadvertence' clauses, discounting practices, more. This remarkable series has been published for 70 years. Table of cases, detailed index

6 × 9", 546 pages
Hardcover.
ISBN: 0-893846-53-9.
Author: Colin Barrett