Federal Panel Kicks Cable-Cut Damages Question to Georgia Supreme Court

摘要

A federal appeals court asked the Georgia Supreme Court to decide whether a carrier ncan recover damages measured by the rental cost of substitute cable when a cable is cut, neven if the carrier didn’t actually rent substitute. The question came up in an 11th U.S. Circuit nCourt of Appeals case that MCI brought against CMES for severing underground fiber-optic ncable in 2007, resulting in more than 500,000 blocked phone calls. MCI sought $362,000 in nloss-of-use damages measured by the hypothetical rental cost of substitute equipment for the nnine-hour disruption.