Warehouseman's Legal Liability and Transportation
In our Warehouseman's Legal Liability and Transportation Practice, the attorneys at Fisher Kanaris, P.C. have represented companies across the United States, including owners and insurers of warehouses, carriers, brokers and freight forwarders. The cases handled by Fisher Kanaris, P.C. have involved the storage and transportation of all types of products and materials, ranging anywhere from ice cream, dry goods, raw materials, paper products, seafood, chocolate, printing presses, power equipment and liquor.
The attorneys at Fisher Kanaris, P.C. have been involved in some of the largest warehouse losses in the country, including:
- A fire at a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin that stored a variety of paper products and burned for two weeks before it was fully extinguished.
- A multi-million dollar theft of frozen seafood products in Texas that involved security issues.
- A $100 million arson fire at a wine warehouse in California that involved over 50 plaintiffs.
- A major fire at a refrigerated warehouse in Denver, Colorado caused by a lightning strike.
- Series of ammonia leaks at a refrigerated warehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana that caused extensive product damage.
- Multiple claims involving storage rack collapses.
- Property damage claims involving natural disasters including, flood, wind and earthquake.
- A claim for missing space program equipment involving unique damage evaluation issues.
Recently, Fisher Kanaris, P.C. successfully defended a warehouse owner in a weeklong trial in Wisconsin. Plaintiffs in that case included customers who stored goods in the warehouse that were destroyed after an arson fire. Plaintiffs alleged that the warehouse violated applicable building and fire codes by not having proper fire protection and that the warehouse owner was negligent for not having proper security. The building was located in an area which had a high frequency of crime and the building had previously been broken into.
The attorneys at Fisher Kanaris, P.C. have also been involved in transportation losses, including:
- An accident involving a carrier that caused significant property and personal injury damages wherein the carrier was exposed to significant uninsured loss.
- Damage to a super heater loaded on a railcar during an unauthorized movement.
- Multiple cases involving rollovers of tractor trailers causing personal injury and property damage.
- Failure to properly secure cargo.
- Temperature abuse claims for property in transit on trucks, containers, railcars and airliners
- Damage to earth moving equipment after hitting a highway overpass.
- Theft of unsecured trailers containing cigarettes and applicability of insurance coverage.
- A chemical spill on an interstate involving improperly secured cargo.
- Represented one of the largest trailer leasing companies in the Unites States for recovery and property damage of trailers and containers.
- A dispute over a track maintenance agreement involving personal and property damage.
