Montgomery vs.
Caribe Transport II lives on, with both sides asking for the case to be moved back to a federal district court in Illinois
Beyond all the focus on the long-term implications of the Supreme Court decision that lifted barriers to filing suit against brokers, there remains the litigation that began it all: a lawsuit by a truck driver who lost his leg on the side of an Illinois highway in 2017 after being struck by a truck operated by Caribe Transport II that was booked by C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW). That case is now expected to go back to the federal district court for the Southern District of Illinois, following a joint filing by the two sides made last week with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Attorneys for both driver Shawn Montgomery and for the group of companies as defendants, including C.H. Robinson, made the formal request June 30 that the case be sent back to the original district court where it was heard. The deadline for making that request was Monday.