The Supreme Court will review a case concerning whether state-level negligent hiring lawsuits can be brought against freight brokers for accidents involving carriers they arrange. The case originated from a 2018 crash in which a trucker hired by broker C.H. Robinson struck Shawn Montgomery’s vehicle, causing injuries. Montgomery sued the broker, but the Seventh Circuit Court ruled that federal law preempts such state lawsuits.

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A Who’s Who of Business Organizations

Major business groups have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the freight brokers’ position. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing about 300,000 direct members and over three million companies indirectly, is among them. The Business Roundtable, a group of more than 200 CEOs from top U.S. companies that support one in four American jobs, also joined the brief.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), representing an industry with over $8 trillion in yearly sales and more than 6 million employees, is a participant. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), which advocates for small and independent business owners, and the National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, have also backed the freight brokers in this case.

Source: IndexBox Market Intelligence Platform