1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 45 TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 45.07 WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, BILLS OF LADING, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF TITLE
Section 45.07.302 THROUGH BILLS OF LADING AND SIMILAR DOCUMENTS.

(a) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by persons acting as the issuer's agents or by connecting carriers is liable to anyone entitled to recover on the document for a breach by the other persons or by a connecting carrier of its obligation under the document, but, to the extent that the bill covers an undertaking to be performed overseas or in territory not contiguous to the continental United States or an undertaking including matters other than transportation, this liability may be varied by agreement of the parties.

(b) If goods covered by a through bill of lading or other document embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by a person other than the issuer are received by the other person, that person is subject, with respect to the person's performance while the goods are in the person's possession, to the obligation of the issuer. The person's obligation is discharged by delivery of the goods to another such person under the document, and does not include liability for breach by another such person or by the issuer.

(c) The issuer of the through bill of lading or other document may recover, from the connecting carrier or other person in possession of the goods when the breach of the obligation under the document occurred, the amount the issuer is required to pay to anyone entitled to recover on the document for the breach, as may be evidenced by a receipt, judgment, or transcript of that amount, and the amount of expense reasonably incurred by the carrier in defending an action brought by anyone entitled to recover on the document for the breach.