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The list grows: 2 more cases proceeding on broker liability
Two cases making their way through the federal court system on the issue of broker liability have been added to the pool of litigation closely watched by the 3PL industry following the Supreme Court’s Montgomery decision. One of them involves J.B. Hunt as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, where it and the plaintiffs are awaiting a response on a request by the trucking and intermodal giant for summary judgment. If granted, it could end J.B. Hunt’s role as a defendant. The second legal battle is in a case out of the U.S. District Court for Nevada with less glamorous names than