96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 750, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1181 Hitachi Data Systems Corp. v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Columbia Shipping, Inc. Circle Freight International Avia Trading

76 F.3d 276 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 750 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1181 HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.; Columbia Shipping, Inc.; Circle Freight International; Avia Trading, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-15292. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 18, 1995. * Decided Feb. 2, 1996. 1 David M. Salentine, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Paul T. Friedman, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California, and Russell P. Brown, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellees. 3 David E. Russo, Law Offices of David Russo, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Columbia Shipping, Inc. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 5 Before: KOZINSKI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, BREWSTER, District Judge. ** BREWSTER, District Judge: 6 Hitachi arranged for the shipment of seven crates of computer equipment from California to the Netherlands, which were damaged when they fell off a dolly at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Damage claims against air carriers are governed by the Warsaw Convention. 1…