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Denver Attorney Kirk McGill for Truck News - US Supreme Court to hear landmark case on freight broker liability
March 2026
Truck News
Legal experts say the outcome of the case, Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, will have significant ramifications for the freight transportation industry and interstate commerce.
“The freight industry is understandably in favor of the rule barring claims as it reduces litigation risk and, thereby, insurance rates and freight costs,” said Dr. J. Kirk McGill, a partner at law firm Hall Estill. “Shippers are likely mostly lined up with the industry as those costs would be passed — in whole or in part — onto them in the form of increased prices for freight. On the other side are the individual injured by negligent motor carriers and their families, along with the organizations representing their interests.”
