If a Common Carrier Delivers Goods to the Wrong Person

question 44

True/False

If a common carrier delivers goods to the wrong person, the carrier is liable for breach of contract and for the tort of conversion.

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Definitions:

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Reifies

Converts abstract concepts into concrete entities.

Industrial Production

The process of manufacturing goods and materials in factories and plants, typically on a large scale.

Alienated

Feeling isolated and separated from a group or activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved, often discussed in the context of work and labor.