Going After Shipper/Receiver for Non-Payment - AS A BROKER

Hello Fellow TRF Citizens,

I understand that truck drivers and carriers are afforded certain legal rights as a transportation provider, so that if they are not paid by a broker they can go after the shipper or receiver to collect (as they very well should be allowed to do).

My question: Does this legal right extend to brokers? In my mind this extended to brokers, but I can't seem to find anything on it when googling. Any advice provided would be great!

 

Thank you! If you had anything to reference or read I wouldn't hate that at all.

 

Thanks Chris. What I'm looking into specifically is a scenario where the customer is the shipper, and isn't paying due to cash flows combined with vendor prioritization (e.g. they've decided paying someone else's invoices is more important with their limited cash flow). I'm wondering if legally the court would support collecting from their customer, the receivers we were delivering loads too.

 

There is usually some type of load tender, although it may be as simple as an email with the load details for smaller shippers. And sometimes there is a contract, but not always.

 

It's a large chunk of payables, rather than a single shipment. And they were all domestic US. I think we will end up in a decent spot regardless, it just raised the question in my mind of whether or not there was legal precedence to pursue their customers (the receivers) for the money owed.