<div id="readability-page-1"><div>The US Supreme Court ruled late Thursday morning that freight brokers can face state-law negligent hiring claims when they hire unsafe trucking firms that later cause crashes.FreightWaves founder Craig Fuller responded to the ruling on X, saying,<blockquote>OMG, this is the most pivotal moment in trucking history since Deregulation. It could be an extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers.</blockquote><blockquote><div dir="ltr" lang="en">OMG, this is the most pivotal moment in trucking history since Deregulation.It could be an extinction event for 30-50% of all freight brokers.Matt Lefler and I will be on the air at 11AM ET to discuss. Live, streaming on X. https://t.co/sc3eKgWV3S</div>— Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ (@FreightAlley) May 14, 2026</blockquote>In other words, this decision will raise liability costs across the freight industry but could force out unsafe trucking firms, some of which have hired illegals.<blockquote><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Landmark win for trucking safety this morning.The Supreme Court rules UNANIMOUSLY against the broker that helped put the illegal alien who hit Dalilah Coleman on the road.As a result of this decision, trucking brokers can be liable for negligently giving loads to illegal… https://t.co/0pYntFxiDx</div>— Senator Jim Banks (@SenatorBanks) May 14, 2026</blockquote>The case, Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, US, No. 24-1238, centers on C.H. Robinson, which arranged a shipment carried by Caribe Transport II. The carrier's driver struck Shawn Montgomery's tractor-trailer in Illinois, causing severe and permanent injuries. Montgomery alleged that C.H. Robinson should have known Caribe posed safety risks given its poor federal safety rating.Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the High Court, said the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not shield brokers from such claims because states retain authority over safety &#34;with respect to motor vehicles.&#34; The ruling reverses the Seventh Circuit and sends the case back for further proceedings.Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, said the case was close but agreed that Congress did not intend to leave brokers in a &#34;black hole&#34; with no meaningful safety accountability. He also acknowledged that the ruling could lead to higher litigation, insurance, and due diligence costs, which may ultimately raise shipping costs.The Trump administration urged the justices to rule against Montgomery's claim, saying that allowing liability for freight brokers under state tort law would create regulatory nightmares for the nation's freight transport industry.Bloomberg litigation analyst Holly Froum noted:<blockquote>CH Robinson, Landstar, JB Hunt Dealt Costly Supreme Court Ruling</blockquote><blockquote>Trucking brokers including CH Robinson, Landstar along with companies with transportation brokering operations like JB Hunt, Werner Enterprises and others were dealt a setback by the US Supreme Court's May 14 ruling allowing states to impose personal-injury liability for trucking accidents. A majority of the justices found that state law negligent hiring claims could continue and weren't preempted by federal law, as we expected they would.</blockquote>Shares of C.H. Robinson and Landstar fell after the ruling, while JB Hunt moved higher.<img width="500" height="278" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://files.zhedge.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto/https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/inline-images/Snag_73a47c79.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://files.zhedge.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1920,quality=75,format=auto/https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/inline-images/Snag_73a47c79.png"/>Trucking advocacy group American Truckers United stated on X, &#34;A bomb has dropped on the criminal freight brokers!&#34;</div></div>

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美国最高法院裁定，货运经纪人可能面临州法律下的疏忽雇佣索赔，这可能威胁到 30% 至 50% 的货运经纪人。此决定提高了货运行业的责任成本，并可能导致不安全的卡车公司被淘汰。该裁决推翻了之前的决定，允许各州对卡车事故施加人身伤害责任，这对像 C.H. Robinson 和 Landstar 这样的公司产生了影响，其股价在裁决后下跌。卡车行业倡导组织将该裁决形容为对货运经纪人的重大打击

卡车股票暴跌，因最高法院的裁决可能对货运经纪人构成 “灭绝事件” 的风险