“Brokers are like sports agents who connect two parties and collect a percentage of the money that changes hands. Instead of players and teams, they connect truckers with shippers. The presumption has been that they were not liable for any damage caused by the trucks, since they were not actually operating them on the road. The Supreme Court has ruled that, as a party to the transaction, they share responsibility for the results.”
Exactly. It previously allowed brokers to cut costs and hire the cheapest trucker available, which more often than not, meant an untrained illegal alien who could not read English, knew nothing about the rules of the road, nor how to maintain his 18-wheeler. After a deadly accident, the broker could say “I had nothing to do with it. Nothing at all”.
The court’s ruling means they can no longer get away with that.
Plaintiff’s Bar is going to love this decision. But so are American truck drivers who have been priced out of the business by illegal alien truck drivers.
Hope so ! I have used one of the brokers that is prominent in this story. They always send FedEx Freight. To your point, anything that strengthens our American workforce is fine by me. Thanks.