A Certain Shipper Sends 20 Boxes of Farm Equipment by Ocean

Multiple Choice

A certain shipper sends 20 boxes of farm equipment by ocean vessel to Europe. On the way, four boxes are immersed in seawater and totally destroyed, and two boxes are 50 percent damaged. The damage to the boxes that were partially destroyed would be

A) a general average claim,
B) a particular average claim,
C) paid in full under the sue-and-labor clause,
D) denied by the insurer.