Allied Van Lines v. Ila M. Bratton

May an interstate shipper avoid the legal consequences of a limitation of liability provision contained in a Bill of Lading issued by a carrier and signed by the shipper, on the ground that the shipper did not read the document and therefore did not assent to its provisions? The Fourth District Court of Appeal [Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Bratton, 330 So.2d 521 (Fla.4th DCA 1976)] and the Second District Court of Appeal [Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. McKnab, 331 So.2d 319 (Fla.2d DCA 1976)] answered this question in the affirmative. Conflict is asserted with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Dexter, 50 Fla. 180, 39 So. 634 (1905). We have jurisdiction.