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Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC
Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1238_1b7d.pdf
Case background
Shawn Montgomery sustained severe and permanent injuries when his tractor-trailer
was struck on the side of an Illinois highway by a truck driven by Yosniel
Varela-Mojena, who was hauling a shipment for motor carrier Caribe Transport II,
LLC. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a transportation broker, had coordinated
that shipment. Montgomery sued, alleging that C.H. Robinson was liable for his
injuries because it negligently hired Varela-Mojena and Caribe Transport despite
a “conditional” safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration. The district court held the negligent-hiring claim was expressly
preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act and did not
fall within the Act’s safety exception, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed.
Questions Presented
Holding
A claim that one company negligently hired another to transport goods is not
preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, because
States retain authority to regulate safety with respect to motor vehicles under
the Act. Requiring a broker to exercise ordinary care in selecting a carrier
“concerns” motor vehicles — most obviously the trucks that will transport the
goods — and so falls within the Act’s safety exception, which saves it from
preemption.
The Court
Justice Barrett delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Justice Kavanaugh
filed a concurring opinion, in which Justice Alito joined.
What this episode contains
This episode is an AI-narrated reading of the majority opinion in
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, written by Justice Barrett.
AI disclosure: The voice in this episode is AI-generated, using a machine
learning model styled to loosely resemble the authoring justice. Tone,
inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be
attributed to Justice Barrett. The text being read is the Court’s published
majority opinion, lightly adapted to improve readability for the spoken format.
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By So OrderedOpinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1238_1b7d.pdf
Case background
Shawn Montgomery sustained severe and permanent injuries when his tractor-trailer
was struck on the side of an Illinois highway by a truck driven by Yosniel
Varela-Mojena, who was hauling a shipment for motor carrier Caribe Transport II,
LLC. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a transportation broker, had coordinated
that shipment. Montgomery sued, alleging that C.H. Robinson was liable for his
injuries because it negligently hired Varela-Mojena and Caribe Transport despite
a “conditional” safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration. The district court held the negligent-hiring claim was expressly
preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act and did not
fall within the Act’s safety exception, and the Seventh Circuit affirmed.
Questions Presented
Holding
A claim that one company negligently hired another to transport goods is not
preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, because
States retain authority to regulate safety with respect to motor vehicles under
the Act. Requiring a broker to exercise ordinary care in selecting a carrier
“concerns” motor vehicles — most obviously the trucks that will transport the
goods — and so falls within the Act’s safety exception, which saves it from
preemption.
The Court
Justice Barrett delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Justice Kavanaugh
filed a concurring opinion, in which Justice Alito joined.
What this episode contains
This episode is an AI-narrated reading of the majority opinion in
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, written by Justice Barrett.
AI disclosure: The voice in this episode is AI-generated, using a machine
learning model styled to loosely resemble the authoring justice. Tone,
inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be
attributed to Justice Barrett. The text being read is the Court’s published
majority opinion, lightly adapted to improve readability for the spoken format.