Two cases making their way through the federal court system on the issue of broker liability have been added to the pool of litigation closely watched by the 3PL industry following the Supreme Court's Montgomery decision.
One of them involves J.B. Hunt as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, where it and the plaintiffs are awaiting a response on a request by the trucking and intermodal giant for summary judgment. If granted, it could end J.B. Hunt's role as a defendant.
The second legal battle is in a case out of the U.S. District Court for Nevada with less glamorous names than J.B. Hunt where the judge earlier this month denied both plaintiff and defendant requests for summary judgement.
That case, Hardy vs. Singh, with 3PL AONE Brokerage Company LLC as a defendant, has the added aspect of involving the question of broker liability when a load is double-brokered.
In recent weeks, the renewed issue of broker liability post-Montgomery has come up in cases involving C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW)–where the 3PL is appealing a recent verdict of more than $600 million–and companies in the Penske (NYSE: PAG) network of companies, where an earlier dismissal of its brokerage arm from a lawsuit involving a fatal crash in Texas was reversed by the Fifth Circuit.
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One of them involves J.B. Hunt as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, where it and the plaintiffs are awaiting a response on a request by the trucking and intermodal giant for summary judgment. If granted, it could end J.B. Hunt's role as a defendant.
The second legal battle is in a case out of the U.S. District Court for Nevada with less glamorous names than J.B. Hunt where the judge earlier this month denied both plaintiff and defendant requests for summary judgement.
That case, Hardy vs. Singh, with 3PL AONE Brokerage Company LLC as a defendant, has the added aspect of involving the question of broker liability when a load is double-brokered.
In recent weeks, the renewed issue of broker liability post-Montgomery has come up in cases involving C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW)–where the 3PL is appealing a recent verdict of more than $600 million–and companies in the Penske (NYSE: PAG) network of companies, where an earlier dismissal of its brokerage arm from a lawsuit involving a fatal crash in Texas was reversed by the Fifth Circuit.
#broker #hunt
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