Supreme Court Hears Key Freight Broker Preemption Case

Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al., a case that could reshape liability for freight brokers nationwide. The dispute stems from a 2017 truck accident in Illinois that left plaintiff Shawn Montgomery severely injured after a driver for carrier Caribe Transport II—arranged by freight broker C.H. Robinson—rear-ended Montgomery’s parked tractor-trailer.... By: Husch Blackwell LLP