07/29/2026
Some trucking news:
After the Supreme Court’s ruling on broker liability, the fate of the future of broker-carrier relationships hinged on how juries would decide on subsequent cases. A new nuclear verdict just dropped on C.H. Robinson, and the facts don’t bode well for the industry.
On July 23, a jury in Dallas County, Texas, reached an eye-popping verdict totaling more than $600 million in a personal injury case involving C.H. Robinson and a carrier it hired. That marks one of the largest nuclear verdicts in a truck crash case and the first major case against a broker to be decided after the landmark Supreme Court case known simply as Montgomery.
The big question on everyone’s mind after Montgomery was how broker liability would affect how brokers choose carriers. C.H. Robinson tightened its standards, including no longer working with carriers that have a “Conditional” safety rating.
Who ultimately determines how much “due diligence” a broker must perform are 12 men and women on a jury applying the new broker liability standard. If the Dallas County case sets the precedent, it could spell trouble.
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