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

You could win in state but then they would appeal to federal. Then you have to follow down the line and go through arbitration.
Had to do that once.

 

Drivers DO NOT have a recourse, only the Carrier. The carrier can litigate the breach of contract and/or non-payment.

But this only goes as far as the broker who is the legal entity that engages the carrier on behalf of the consign party.

Yes, it goes only as far as the broker. The shipper/receiver or consign party is not liable for non-payment from the broker.

Your best path is to hire a lawyer to get any payment out of the brokers.

That said, this story sounds really familiar, did you just buy a small 5-truck fleet?

 

He's a broker who's customer is short on cash, paying others and not him.