What is my liability if my shipping company has not charged me for certain shipments?
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What is my liability if my shipping company has not charged me for certain shipments?
My shipping invoice runs into thousands of dollars. The company sends me an invoice every week and my system checks the data I am sure there are some shipments which it has not charged. These unbilled shipments has aged more than 2 years. I have not communicated to the company about the unbilled shipments in line with the commercial sense.
Asked on September 7, 2015 under Business Law, Delaware
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
The statute of limitations, or time period to sue, defines how long a debt or obligation may be enforced once it's too late to sue, for example, then there's no way to make someone pay the debt or obligation. The relevant statutes of limitation in your state appear to be three 3 years once a given debt e.g. unbilled shipping is more than three years old, they should be unable to force you to pay for them, but could compel you to pay all debts or shipping costs less than three years old.
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