C.H. Robinson out of Florida ‘U-turn’ lawsuit

C.H. Robinson has been dismissed as a defendant in a Florida case that might have been one of the first tests of broker liability in a legal arena changed by Montgomery vs. Caribe Transport II.

A court document filed Friday afternoon in the 19th Circuit Court for St. Lucie County, in the widely-publicized case involving driver Harjinder Singh and his fatal u-turn behind the wheel, removed C.H. Robinson as a defendant in the lawsuit brought by the estate of Faniola Joseph, killed in the crash along with two others that occurred after Singh's tragic turn.

The document doesn't say why C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW)  was dismissed as a defendant. But in a prepared statement, the giant 3PL said the same thing Tuesday as it did when the lawsuit from Joseph's estate was first filed: it had nothing to do with any of the companies involved in the crash.

"The lawsuit in Cantelar v. White Hawk Carriers incorrectly alleged that C.H. Robinson brokered the shipment involved in the accident," the company said in a prepared statement provided to FreightWaves. "That was false, which is why C.H. Robinson has been dismissed from the case." (Yaniel Cantelar represents the Joseph estate).

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Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/c-h-robinson-florida-u-154333336.html)