Strategies, Challenges, and Answers

The Eleventh Circuit Disagrees With The Ninth Circuit And Applies FAAAA Preemption To State Negligence Claims

Nevada Trucking Law reported HERE that the Ninth Circuit has refused to apply FAAAA preemption to allegations of negligence against freight brokers.  Recently, in the case of Aspen Am. Ins. Co. v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., 65 F.4th 1261, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 8845, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 2391, 2023 WL 2920451 (11th Cir. […]

Ninth Circuit Says No To FAAAA Preemption

Costco needed some goods shipped.  Costco turned to transportation broker C.H. Robinson to find a trucking company that could haul the load.  Kuwar Singh, dba RT Service was one of the motor carriers in C.H. Robinson’s network.   Mr. Singh and RT Service were properly licensed.  RT was a properly authorized motor carrier with an active […]

The Carmack Amendment Preempts State Insurance Law Claims For Bad Faith And Unfair Claims Settlement Practices.

Mills & Associates’ practice focuses in a limited number of areas.  Two practice areas of interests are insurance bad faith law and trucking law.  So it is always interesting to find a case that we can blog about that that touches on both areas.  This is one of those cases. The Nichols family hired Mayflower Transit, […]