The transportation industry wants the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the contentious issue of whether freight brokers should be liable for damages resulting from accidents involving a trucker who the broker hired to move a load, but who the broker purportedly did not employ or control.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW), the nation’s largest broker, asked the high court to settle the long-running dispute over “negligent hiring” after an appellate court last September ruled that language...
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