Freight Brokers Fear Liability Pileup In Pivotal Top Court Case

By Linda Chiem ( February 27, 2026, 4:23 PM EST) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on whether freight brokers might also be liable for roadway crashes that have killed or injured people, in a case that could reshape liability standards in a commercial trucking industry unnerved by supersized verdicts against carriers and drivers….