A package store withdrew its lawsuit against ABC warehouse manager Ruan Transport.
Aloha Wine & Spirits, Buckshots, Rosetti's Liquor Barrel, and Calistoga Wine & Spirits sued Ruan Transport in Harrison and Madison County circuit courts. Ruan removed the lawsuits to federal court. Earlier post.
The identical complaints charged Ruan with breach of contract, negligence, and unjust enrichment as they claimed damages for lost sales.
Ruan Transport shut the warehouse down for a week in early January to take inventory. With the warehouse closed, Ruan replaced the software and conveyor belt systems. The software was not tested and did not communicate with ABC's MARS software. Ruan replaced the conveyor system with a pick a pallet system. The result was a total meltdown as shipping times skyrocketed from 48 hours to nearly a month as Ruan shipped less than 50% of cases ordered for a month, crippling casinos, restaurants, and package store owners alike.
Attorneys Michael Casano and Timothy Porter represent the package stores.
6 comments:
Why is a state warehouse necessary? Tate?
Mississippi = Baptist Iran
not sure a Baptist thing as much as it is a money grab / stupidity in government. Let the State get out of the warehousing and distribution business, put a package tax (or bottle tax / stamp tax / whatever on all spirits sold), and allow the private market to grow. Would probably quadruple tax revenue in the first quarter.
It's the only product of all the thousands and thousands of products for retain sale that has to be run through a warehouse. Good job Tate!
guess they didn't like that federal court playing field-
You’d think as a former finance guy the governor would realize the increased tax revenue from private market growth. Leading the efforts to abolish the state warehouse could become Tate’s greatest legacy as governor.
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