The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that freight brokers can be sued under state negligence laws if they hire unsafe trucking companies (ones with bad safety records) that later cause accidents, crashes or bodily harm. {Ruling pdf Here} Freight brokers are the middlemen in the transport system matching available loads with available truckers. Freight brokers […] The post Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Does Not Shield Freight Brokers from Trucker Accident Liability appeared first on The Last Refuge.