The legal push to hold shippers liable for an accident involving a truck hauling its goods when it did not hire the carrier directly has taken another blow in a Texas court.
But the mere existence of the case, alongside the nuclear verdict against C.H
Robinson in the case of Lipe vs. Lupus Superior, are just more fuel in the legal battlefield over who beyond the obvious parties will be held liable and negligent, and pay for damages arising out of the wreck. In the Lipe case, as the legal world awaits the affirmation of the $604 million verdict by the Dallas County Judge Dianne Jones in the case, C.H.
Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) has gone on the offensive, this week publishing a question & answer document as a reiteration of past statements and a retort to various rumors that have been flying around the industry. C.H. Robinson also reaffirmed its determination to appeal the verdict against it, which impacted the company because it hired the carrier that was involved in a fatal crash.