Common carriers are not usually liable when property is damaged, but they are not liable for “acts of God” – floods, hurricanes, and the like. Is this fair? If you send a friend an important item via UPS, and the UPS truck is hit by a tornado, who should pay for the lost item? Isn’t UPS in a better financial position to pay for the loss? (In the end, they might well offer to pay for the loss, but they would not be legally required to do so.)