Supreme Court rules 9-0 trucking broker can be sued after deadly crashes

This guy legals.

 

While i have mixed feelings on this one. Wonder what thats going to do to #### tier carriers/brokers like cramazon and super ego. The have some of the most abismal drivers in the industry and relied on the "they arent our trucks" excuse. That could backfire big time now.

Going to suck for the new guys though. Hell even O/Os like me who have been leased on for a long time are going to have one hell of a time using our own numbers or leasing to new carriers i bet.

 

If it makes it more difficult for new O/O it will also stop these scam companies just opening up under a new name and number. The crazy Amazon drivers and super ego all hiding behind the idea of we are not a trucking company or responsible for what the driver does. When they set the schedule and demand drivers to thing that are not legal. It hard to tell if this will have impact on that part of trucking.

if the broker can be held liable for the illegal or unqualified driver or just not giving drivers enough time to rest and sleep. The scam drivers and fake companies is very big today. We see all bad wrecks of people getting killed because so many unqualified companies and driver. Every one is hiding behind shell game of companies and independent drivers.

 

Pretty much, this seems like a nuclear option for fixing a lot of issues at once. The only question remains is how often will it be enforced and how will brokers respond to putting up legal barriers that protect them better before its business as usual but harder for ligit drivers.

Also what new laws will be passed and/or lobbied for to prevent this from going into effect. I can easily see super ego or cramazon pushing laws to make it hard or imposible to sue THEM but leaving everyone else involveds ##### to flap in the wind.

 

UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT:

I am 100 percent on CH Robinson's side. The driver is totally responsible. Federal agencies are responsible. There are a lot more hurdles for a driver to cross prior to even getting to a point of hauling loads. You're going to tell me that this is the first fatality from a truck driver hauling a CH Robinson load? All the trucking accidents that have occurred nobody ever went after the broker. I feel like if the driver and family had different optics, this story would blow over like a fart in the wind. I feel like if CH Robinson wasn't a powerhouse broker, this wouldn't be a story past a passing headline. The root of the problem is how easy it is to become a truck driver. The root of the problem is how easy it is to become an owner operator. Save up a few dollars, establish credit, buy/lease a truck, you're out on the road. Some of these drivers get their own authority right after getting a license. I feel like the Supreme Court is passing the buck here. The government with their policies concerning the industry is being massively protected here in my estimation. I don't really know what the solution is, but I don't believe that this is the way, nor do I believe CH Robinson is responsible.