July 12, 2024
The widow of a man killed in a collision with a tractor trailer won't be able to press her negligent selection claim against the company that hired the trucker and his carrier after the Eleventh Circuit this week backed a district court's ruling that federal transportation law preempts her case.
June 14, 2022
A freight broker has asked the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a Georgia federal court's finding that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts a widow's claim that it negligently selected, hired and retained a truck driver who caused her late husband's fatal crash.
May 16, 2022
A Georgia widow has asked the Eleventh Circuit to revive her case over her husband's death in a trucking accident, saying a district court wrongly found that her claims against a freight broker for negligent hiring, selection and retention are preempted by federal law.