Comment / CHRW: Montgomery removed the shield, Lipe put a price on what's behind it

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Key takeaway: A Dallas County jury’s advisory verdict in a case that long predated Montgomery v. Caribe may reshape how every freight broker in America vets its carriers.

The crash happened on March 25, 2021, on Interstate 20 in Warren County, Mississippi. A Lupus Superior 18-wheeler plowed into stopped traffic, setting off a fiery six-vehicle pileup. Three people, Jennifer Lipe, Benjamin Brewer and Rhoderick Coleman, burned to death in their vehicles, all of them parents. Two others, Rodney Hawkins ...