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B-270007 1 (1996-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadvt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Allied Van Lines-Claim for Reimbursement of Amounts Collected by Setoff for Lost Computer and Software File: B-270007 Date: June 20, 1996 DIGEST 1. A prima facie case of carrier liability is established where lost items bear a reasonable relationship to items shown on the inventory as having been packed in the carton containing the lost items. A main computer unit, associated peripheral equipment, and software that are compatible parts of a single personal computer arrangement bear such a reasonable relationship to each other. 2. Where specific items are listed on the DD Form 1840, the fact that the shipper may have mistakenly failed to identify the correct box number in which the allegedly lost items were located does not negate otherwise timely notice of the loss. DECISION Allied Van Lines, through its agent, Resource Protection, requests reconsideration of our Claims Settlement Z-151685(95), September 5, 1995, to the extent the settlement disallows reimbursement of the offset from funds otherwise due Allied. The setoff arose from loss during storage and shipment of the household goods of Odis Braxton, government bill of lading No. 768-577. We affirm the Claims Settlement. The record shows that the carrier picked up the shipment of household goods on April 8, 1992, from San Pedro, California. On April 10, 1992, the shipment, while in temporary storage in San Diego, was broken into, and some items were stolen. The remainder of the shipment was delivered to Memphis, Tennessee, on September 25, 1992. The Army paid the shipper for items lost in the theft and filed a claim with Allied for $4,946. Allied offered to pay $2,672. The Army offset the entire $4,946 and Allied requested a refund of $2,719. Our Claims Settlement allowed refund of $739 for a color scanner and fax modem which had been claimed by the shipper, based on a finding that the evidence of tender of those items to the carrier was deemed 1216617