Comment / US broker liability blown open – winners and losers (so far)

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Key takeaway: In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport, a 9-0 decision hands some 30,000 intermediaries a patchwork of 50 state negligence standards to navigate.

The US freight brokerage industry woke up on Thursday 14 May to its worst-case legal scenario, and it was unanimous.

In a 9-0 decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law does not shield transportation brokers from state-level personal injury lawsuits when they select a carrier that goes on to ...