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One Big Thing A car driver runs a red light. Their own passenger is hurt. The passenger's lawyer also sues the trucking company that happened to be in the intersection,...

One Big Thing The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) makes its case for a bigger, better-resourced Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The TCA released a white paper making the case...

The One Big Thing: Trucking Resurgence Report Card The Trucking Association Executives Council (TAEC), a federation of state trucking associations, has released a 6-month progress report on its Trucking Resurgence...

The One Big Thing The Supreme Court’s Montgomery v. Caribe decision didn’t just open the door to broker liability. It’s rewriting how brokers select carriers, structure contracts, and price freight....

The One Big Thing Nuclear verdicts get the headlines. But the real crisis is nuclear settlements, and the data from two major industry sources now makes that impossible to ignore....

Montgomery v. Caribe just made broker insurance a crisis, and carriers are paying the price. The case opened broker liability exposure that nobody was pricing for. Insurance premiums are rising....

One Big Thing The Texas Supreme Court just told plaintiff attorneys what should have been obvious: shipping a load does not make you responsible for the truck driver. In In...

The Big Picture Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC didn't just hand plaintiffs a new target, it handed brokers and shippers a new reflex: make the trucking company pay. In...

The Big Picture Transport Topics (TT) recently reported that the Montgomery ruling “may be less harsh than feared” for freight brokers. Analysts point to the concurring opinion’s language suggesting plaintiffs...

Montgomery v. Caribe: What Every Carrier Must Know The One Big Thing On May 14, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision that fundamentally changes the liability...