C.H. Robinson plans to appeal after a Texas jury found it bore the largest share of responsibility for a fatal 2021 crash, in ...

The legal landscape for freight brokers continues to grow more complex, as yet another court case has put broker liability under scrutiny. The latest development comes from the Fifth Circuit Court of ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a federal transportation statute does not categorically preempt state‑law negligence claims against trucking brokers that knowingly hire unsafe ...

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review whether brokers can be sued under state common law for negligently selecting a motor carrier in interstate truck transportation, or whether a federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first brief has been filed in the Supreme Court's broker liability case. (Photo: FreightWaves) By this time in the years-long ...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 14 that Shawn Montgomery can pursue negligence claims against broker C.H. Robinson after a 2017 Illinois truck crash. The ruling revived arguments that freight ...

Steven Saal examines the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, where the justices grapple with whether federal law shields freight brokers from state negligence ...

The Supreme Court ruled May 14 that freight brokers can face some state negligence lawsuits, though analysts said the decision was narrower than many feared. Analysts said only safety-related claims ...

For the past few years, most trucking operators have been nursing their fleets and holding out on how long they can keep ...