Montgomery vs. Caribe

At a leading logistics M&A conference, the value of humans as brokers gets a boost.

This article is contributed content from an independent writer. It does not represent the views or opinions of FreightWaves or any of its subsidiaries. Dalilah Coleman was riding with her stepfather, Michael Krause, when their car stopped for road construction on a California highway. A tractor trailer struck them from behind, leaving the child and […]

Score a victory for TQL in a case involving broker liability.

It was a tech conference but C.H. Robinson’s legal battles were never too far away from the discussion.

A recent appellate court decision that went against Penske-related companies has spurred two trucking trade groups into action.

There is a question hanging over the small carrier world right now, and two of the most knowledgeable transportation attorneys in the country did not flinch from it when they sat down separately on The Long Haul. The question is whether the small carrier, the one-truck owner-operator and the five-truck fleet, still has a viable […]

A new report quoting one insurance executive has startling observations about broker insurance.

Two other cases can be added to the list of litigation on the question of broker liability.

A circuit court handed down two decisions that negatively impact Penske-related companies.

A push to hold shippers liable suffered another setback in Texas.

It may have been an earnings call, but there was a nuclear verdict at the center of C.H. Robinson’s earnings call.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) A Dallas County jury last week hit freight broker C.H. Robinson with a share of a $604 million verdict in Peyton Lipe et al. v. Lupus Superior, LLC et al. The case stems […]

Landstar System said the truck brokerage market has begun to reshape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s broker liability ruling.

Wall Street sold off freight brokerage stocks following a nuclear verdict in Texas.

A big nuclear verdict against C.H. Robinson needs new arguments after Montgomery.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) The Supreme Court’s Montgomery decision changed the litigation landscape for the trucking industry. Although the case addressed a negligent selection claim against a freight broker, plaintiffs will not limit their investigations to the […]

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) C.H. Robinson is having an AI moment. Its CEO, Dave Bozeman, has been publicly promoting the company’s Lean AI transformation, including AI agents, automation, productivity gains, appointment scheduling, quote responses, load tracking, and […]

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) When I interviewed Michael Leizerman, the plaintiff attorney who won at the United States Supreme Court in the broker negligent selection case now reshaping freight litigation, I expected pushback from the audience. More […]

The groundbreaking Montgomery case will head back to the federal district court where it began.

Montgomery has spurred a new policy at Highway.