Carrier Liability Per Pound: What Freight Class Limits Pay
Carrier liability per pound by freight class is set in the NMFC item and the carrier tariff, not by what your goods are worth. Here is how to find your cap.
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Accessorials & Disputes
Jordan covers accessorial charges and the dispute process at CheckMyFreightBill, from first exception through carrier response.
Freight Claim vs Invoice Dispute: Two Different Clocks
Freight claim vs invoice dispute: one is about the cargo, one is about the charges. Different deadlines, different rules, different forms. Do not mix them up.
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Freight Claim Salvage Rights: Who Owns Damaged Freight
Freight claim salvage rights decide who keeps damaged goods and who keeps the money. Here is what 49 CFR 370.11 requires and how salvage credit is calculated.
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Concealed Damage Freight Claim: Why It Gets Denied
A concealed damage freight claim is the hardest to win because you signed clean. Here is the notice and inspection sequence that decides whether it survives.
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Carrier Response Time on a Freight Claim: 30 and 120 Days
Carrier response time on a freight claim is set by rule: 30 days to acknowledge, 120 days to pay, decline or offer, then a status report every 60 days.
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Valid Freight Claim Requirements Under 49 CFR 370.3
The valid freight claim requirements in 49 CFR 370.3, element by element: why "damaged, about $100" is not a claim, and a template that meets all four.
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Carmack Amendment Time Limits: 9 Months and 2 Years
Carmack Amendment time limits, stated precisely: 9 months to file a claim, 2 years to sue from written disallowance, and exactly what starts each clock.
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How to File a Freight Claim That Does Not Get Denied
How to file a freight claim the carrier cannot reject on a technicality: the 9-month window, the four elements 49 CFR 370.3 requires, and the documents.
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Freight Invoice Order of Operations: Discount, Then Fuel
The order of operations on a freight invoice changes the total. Here is where the discount, fuel surcharge, and accessorials go, with the arithmetic shown.
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Layover Fee Trucking vs Detention: Which One Applies
Layover fee trucking vs detention vs TONU: three charges for one delayed load, and settlement teams mix them up. Here is the decision tree and the evidence.
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Sort and Segregate Charge vs Lumper: Who Did the Work
Sort and segregate charge vs lumper vs driver assist: three labor fees for the same work on one load. Here is how to tell them apart and stop the double bill.
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Redelivery Fee Freight Dispute: When the Carrier Caused It
A redelivery fee freight dispute turns on one question: who caused the first attempt to fail. Here is the causation test, the evidence, and the storage clock.
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Residential Delivery Fee LTL Dispute: Audit the Address
A residential delivery fee LTL dispute is won at the address classifier, not the dock. Here is how to prove a stop is commercial and get the fee removed.
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Limited Access Delivery Fee: What Counts, What Does Not
A limited access delivery fee is owed only if the site matches a category in the carrier rules tariff. Here is how to check yours and challenge the class.
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Reconsignment vs Diversion Charge: How to Stop Double Bills
A reconsignment vs diversion charge dispute usually starts with one change order billed twice. Here is what each term means and how to get the duplicate off.
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TONU Meaning in Trucking: When the Fee Is Owed
TONU meaning in trucking, explained: what truck order not used covers, the cancellation cutoff that decides it, and the evidence that settles a contested one.
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What Is a Lumper Fee? Who Pays It and How to Get Repaid
What is a lumper fee, who actually pays it, and how the receipt, Comchek and rate confirmation language decide whether the carrier gets reimbursed in full.
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Accessorial Charges List: Every Fee and How to Verify It
An accessorial charges list that pairs each fee with the document that proves or disproves it: liftgate, detention, lumper, TONU, limited access and more.
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Liftgate Fee on a Dock Delivery: How to Dispute It
A liftgate charge on a dock-to-dock load is one of the easiest overcharges to disprove. Here is the two-document proof and the dispute language to send.
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