The Growing Risk of Liability for Freight Brokers, Direct Shippers, and Third-Party Logistic Providers in Motor Carrier Collisions

Stephanie Chesney | Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP

Stephanie Chesney is a partner in MG+M’s Boston Office. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. She has significant experience defending a wide variety of civil cases from pre-suit through trial. Her experience includes representing clients in a variety of business and commercial litigation matters, including employment matters, general liability, transportation, products liability, construction, and premises liability. She has extensive courtroom experience defending claims in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and Maine. Stephanie has additional experience providing risk transfer and tender advice to clients, as well as advising regarding risk mitigation strategies.

Justin Reinhardt | Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP

Justin Reinhardt is a partner in MG+M’s O’Fallon and New York offices. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. He represents companies, large and small, in civil litigation and business transactions. His practice is focused on trucking and transportation, premises liability, products liability and toxic torts. He has assisted businesses with formation and contract review, taken hundreds of depositions in jurisdictions across the country, prepared and argued numerous successful dispositive motions and appeals, and tried several cases, including achieving a defense verdict in a New York products liability case.

I. The current legal landscape following three important decisions (Miller v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, 2020, Aspen American Insurance Co. v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., 2023, and Ying Ye v. GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc., 2023) | 1:00pm – 1:20pm

II. Negligence claims against freight brokers in the United States- where are they allowed and where are they pre-empted? | 1:20pm – 1:40pm

III. Practical tips for busy fright brokers to protect from liability | 1:40pm – 2:00pm