Defenses Available to a Common Carrier

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1. Which cause is expressly listed in Article 1734 for cargo-loss analysis?
2. For natural-disaster exemption under Article 1739, what causal requirement applies?
3. What qualification applies to the public-authority defense under Article 1743?
4. Cargo loss occurs in a storm after the carrier negligently delays transportation. The carrier invokes natural disaster …
5. Goods deteriorate partly because of faulty packing. The carrier notices the problem but takes no reasonable steps to fo…
6. A shipper’s careless act contributes to cargo loss, but the carrier’s negligence is stipulated to be the proximate caus…
7. A flood is proved to be the proximate and only cause of cargo loss. The carrier claims that this finding makes all evid…
8. State the conditions for a natural-disaster defense to cargo loss under Articles 1739 and 1740.
9. Explain how the Code treats shipper fault and defective packing without assuming automatic carrier immunity.
10. An injured passenger was contributorily negligent, but the carrier’s negligence was the proximate cause. May the carrie…
11. Under Article 1749, which value-limitation arrangement is expressly recognized?
12. What conditions does Article 1750 attach to a contract fixing recoverable cargo-loss sums?