An insurer says a shaft generator arrived in Texas but never completed its final trip to Alabama. It wants more than $600,000 back.
HDI Global Insurance Company filed suit in Houston federal court on Aug. 5, 2026, alleging that two carriers failed to deliver an industrial shaft generator meant to travel from a Texas port to Alabama.
According to the complaint, HDI insured Voith Hydro Inc. and paid the company for the loss. That payout, the filing says, left HDI "subrogated to the rights of its insured" - insurance shorthand for stepping into the customer's position to pursue the carriers directly for what it paid out.
The filing traces the route. In September - October 2025, the generator, which the complaint calls the "Cargo," was shipped from Italy toward Muscle Shoals, Alabama. HDI alleges it was handed over "in good order and condition and suitable in every respect for the intended transportation."
Two defendants are named. Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG, described in the complaint as a German international carrier and freight forwarder, allegedly agreed to move the cargo the full way from Italy to Alabama. Zimone Trucking LLC, described as a Kansas interstate motor carrier, allegedly took on the final leg from Freeport, Texas to Muscle Shoals.
The complaint says the cargo "was discharged in Freeport, Texas" but "was not delivered to Mussel Shoals, Alabama." HDI alleges Hansa Meyer "failed to deliver the Cargo at destination in the same good order and condition as it was received." It makes the same core claim against Zimone Trucking, alleging the trucker "was negligent and careless in its handling of the Cargo."
The complaint invokes the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 14706 - the federal law that sets a motor carrier's liability for lost or damaged goods in interstate shipping - and states that the amount in controversy "exceeds $10,000 per bill of lading."
The claim is specific: $603,870.72, which HDI seeks against each carrier, along with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney's fees.
The complaint does not say what happened to the generator after it was discharged in Freeport.
The allegations have not been tested in court, and no judge has ruled on the claims.
