Carl Requested Simple Delivery Service to Pick Up a Refrigerator

question 14

True/False

Carl requested Simple Delivery Service to pick up a refrigerator at his home and deliver it to his cottage, some 160 kilometres away. Simple Delivery picked up the refrigerator, but through a mix up in delivery bills, lost the refrigerator. A common carrier, such as Simple Delivery Service, is virtually an insurer in the event of a loss of goods placed in its possession.

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