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Transportation Cases To Watch: Midyear Report 2025

By Linda Chiem · July 22, 2025, 4:10 PM EDT

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...

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Case Information

Case Title

Mid-America Milling Company v. U.S. Department of Transportation

Case Number

3:23-cv-00072

Court

Kentucky Eastern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

October 26, 2023


Case Title

Robert Cox v. Total Quality Logistics, Inc., et al

Case Number

24-3599

Court

Appellate - 6th Circuit

Nature of Suit

4350 P.I.: Motor Vehicle

Date Filed

July 15, 2024


Case Title

Crane v. Liberty Lane

Case Number

25-40012

Court

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3350 Motor Vehicle

Date Filed

January 13, 2025


Case Title

Flower Foods, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Angelo Brock

Case Number

24-935

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

3710 Fair Labor Standards Act

Date Filed

February 28, 2025


Case Title

Angela Fuelling v. Echo Global Logistics, Inc.

Case Number

25-1217

Court

Appellate - 4th Circuit

Nature of Suit

4350 Motor Vehicle

Date Filed

March 10, 2025


Case Title

King County et al v. Turner et al

Case Number

2:25-cv-00814

Court

Washington Western

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Date Filed

May 02, 2025


Case Title

State of California et al v. United States Department of Transportation et al

Case Number

1:25-cv-00208

Court

Rhode Island

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Date Filed

May 13, 2025


Case Title

Shawn Montgomery, Petitioner v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al.

Case Number

24-1238

Court

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit

3350 Motor Vehicle

Date Filed

June 04, 2025


Case Title

County of King, et al. v. Turner, et al.

Case Number

25-3664

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

 

Date Filed

June 10, 2025