Broker liability battle heats up as courts clash coast to coast

Broker liability battle heats up as courts clash coast to coast

The controversy of whether a broker is liable for a crash involving a motor carrier it hired continues to plague the federal court system, with another Supreme Court petition, appellate court ruling and pending appellate court case all happening simultaneously. Whether or not a broker can be on the hook for negligent hiring of a trucking company that caused a crash depends on where it happened. Some federal courts have found brokers are liable, …