AT&T Sues Freight Company for Damaged $290K Computer Server

Texas-based Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America, as subrogee of AT&T Services, sued Whitehorse Freight for damage to a computer server it transported in early May from Mesa, Arizona, to an AT&T facility in Allen, Texas, alleged Indemnity's complaint Wednesday (docket 4:23-cv-04585) in U.S. District Court for Southern Texas in Houston. Under a carriage agreement, Whitehorse agreed to safely carry and deliver the server to the location in Allen, but its “negligence” resulted in damage to the server when it was being removed from the truck, said the complaint. The server wasn’t delivered to the destination in the “same good order and condition as received,” making Whitehorse “liable as an interstate carrier for monetary damages related to their dropping the Computer Server during discharge,” it said. AT&T filed a timely claim for damages, but the claims haven’t been paid, the complaint said. The monetary loss incurred to AT&T due to the damaged server is $288,560.27. The plaintiff seeks the amount of damages, pre- and post-judgment interest and legal costs, it said.