{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-45-1098","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 45:1098","heading":"Freight loss or damage; damages for failure to adjust and pay","body":"If the common carrier fails to adjust and pay the claim within the periods respectively prescribed in R.S. 45:1097, such failure shall subject the common carrier to a penalty of fifty dollars for each failure to be recovered by any consignee aggrieved.\nUnless the consignee recovers in his action the full amount claimed, no penalty shall be recovered, but only the actual amount of loss or damage with legal interest as set forth in R.S. 45:1097.\nNo common carrier shall be liable under this Section or under R.S. 45:1097 for freight or property which never came into its possession.","path":["TITLE 45. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=99778","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:58Z","sha256":"d4e6a034ca8b811aa0c1b8d1a19cf2b5f87bf4b075f2a4154b0fa3e0b0b65c3d","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-45-1097.5","next":"us-la/rs-45-1099"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}