July 08, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the scope of a Federal Arbitration Act carveout for interstate transportation workers, but ignored entreaties from the commercial trucking and airline industries to clarify what they contend are conflicting state and federal regulations governing their West Coast operations.
July 01, 2022
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Florida has broad authority to recoup Medicaid costs from plaintiffs' injury awards and a rapid $1 billion settlement of litigation related to the Surfside condo collapse are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for the first six months of 2022.
June 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.'s challenge to a split Ninth Circuit decision reviving a personal injury suit alleging the freight broker and logistics giant negligently hired an unsafe trucker involved in a highway accident.
June 07, 2022
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject the federal government's "hostile" views on preemption as the freight broker and logistics giant fights to defeat a negligence suit alleging it hired an unsafe trucker involved in a highway accident.
May 25, 2022
The federal government on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to bypass C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.'s challenge to a split Ninth Circuit decision reviving a personal injury suit alleging the freight broker and logistics giant negligently hired an unsafe trucker involved in a highway accident.
January 03, 2022
A high court fight concerning what types of interstate transportation workers are exempt from arbitration and clashes over the scope of federal preemption in cases involving airline employees and trucking providers are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in 2022.
October 04, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.'s challenge to a split Ninth Circuit decision reviving a personal injury suit accusing the freight broker and logistics giant of negligent hiring.
April 13, 2021
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a split Ninth Circuit decision reviving a personal injury suit accusing the freight broker and logistics giant of negligent hiring, saying the decision improperly exposes freight brokers to patchwork state regulation.