While 25 tractor mowers from the John Deere distribution center in Des Moines,Iowa were being shipped via shipment contract by EXpress Trucking to the Home Depot in Little Rock,Arkansas,the truck carrying the shipment was hijacked and all the mowers stolen.Since the mowers were being shipped by a shipment contract,EXpress bears the risk of loss.

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In a shipment contract, the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are delivered to the carrier. Therefore, Home Depot would bear the risk of loss for the stolen mowers, not EXpress Trucking.

While 25 Tractor Mowers from the John Deere Distribution Center