9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Claims Freight Broker Selected Unsafe Motor Carrier

Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 7:03 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 28 reinstated claims brought by a driver who was rendered quadriplegic when a semi-tractor-trailer crossed a median and hit his vehicle.  The majority held that the man’s claims that a freight broker negligently selected an unsafe motor carrier fell within the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act’s safety exception (Allen Miller v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., et al., No. 19-15981, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 30751)....