Comment / Montgomery vs CH Robinson – the sky is not falling, and your PI attorney knows why

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Key takeaway: The Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling lifts the FAAAA preemption shield from freight brokers, but a plaintiff’s lawyer explains why it may matter far less in practice than the industry’s reaction suggests. 

The freight brokerage industry is treating Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II like an extinction-level event.

The court ruled unanimously that freight brokers can be sued under state negligence law for hiring unsafe motor carriers, a decision that strips the trucking industry’s largest middlemen ...