September 22, 2025
Echo Global Logistics Inc. and a widow suing the freight broker over a 2022 South Carolina trucking accident have called the Fourth Circuit's attention to recent appellate decisions that have further divided courts considering whether freight brokers can be held liable for allegedly negligently picking motor carriers.
July 28, 2025
A woman whose husband was killed in a 2022 South Carolina trucking accident told the Fourth Circuit on Monday that freight brokers cannot evade state-based requirements to exercise reasonable care in selecting safe motor carriers to transport shipments.
July 22, 2025
Litigation concerning whether local delivery drivers qualify as transportation workers exempt from arbitration and clashes over the scope of federal preemption in personal injury cases involving freight brokers and motor carriers are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in the latter half of 2025.