Supreme Court revives suit against major logistics company with potentially big effects on industry

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  1. Also at issue is the fact that often brokers just hire the lowest bid with no knowledge of the validity of the company they are hiring. There are trucking companies stealing the identities of legal companies and then when they are involved in a crash simpy disappear. There does need to be some accountability as to who is hired to move a load. However, the question will be with whom does the responsibility end; the broker, the company shipping the product via the broker, the company receiving the product, etc. It could go down a rabbit hole quickly.

    1. Some of the bad actors are very sophisticated and difficult to verify, and yes, some freight gets brokered 2 and 3 times, creating a very tangled web, but the bottom line is, this ruling gives the Plaintiff Bar another major target with deep pockets, to go after

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