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GAOREPORTS
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2016-06-23
U.S. Government Publishing Office
1996-03-20
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GA 1.13:B-261577
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261577
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COMPTROLLERDECISION
GAOREPORTS-B-261577
B-261577
Comptroller General Decision
OK Transfer & Storage, Inc.
A military service has not established a prima facie case of liability
for transit loss of a mink coat claimed by a service member when the
member contends that the coat was included in a box marked on the
descriptive inventory as "clothes" and the only evidence of tender,
other than the claim itself, is a photograph of the member's wife
dressed in a fur coat, notice on the day that the household goods were
delivered that a fur coat was missing, and a general statement of loss
written by the member. The member's general statement was a standard
statement that he owned or used various listed missing items
(including a "mink fur coat"); that they were not delivered at
destination; that he had checked all of the rooms in his quarters to
make sure that the packers left nothing behind; and that all items had
been packed by the carrier. The member's evidence did not include any
type of purchase receipt or its equivalent; the record did not
indicate the name and address of the vendor of the coat; and there was
no detailed statement of the circumstances surrounding the tender of
the lost coat to the carrier.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261577/html/GAOREPORTS-B-261577.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261577/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-261577.pdf
GAO/B-261577
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261577
Comptroller General Decision
GAO/B-261577; OK Transfer & Storage, Inc.;
United States Code
Title 31 Section 3721
31 U.S.C. 3721