Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Can freight brokers ever truly protect themselves from liability?
Matthew Leffler points to the Lupus Superior case, where C.H. Robinson reportedly used a motor carrier more than 270 times and the carrier had a satisfactory safety rating. Other brokers were using the same carrier as well.
That raises a potentially troubling question for the entire brokerage industry: If hiring a federally rated satisfactory carrier still isn’t enough, what exactly constitutes reasonable carrier vetting?
Leffler’s answer? There may be no such thing as a completely safe vetting process.
Full Episode: youtu.be/7794yOpsscs
#FreightExpectations #FreightWaves #CHRobinson #FreightBrokers #CarrierVetting #Trucking #TruckingLaw #FreightBrokerage #NuclearVerdicts #Logistics
Can freight brokers ever truly protect themselves from liability?
Matthew Leffler points to the Lupus Superior case, where C.H. Robinson reportedly used a motor carrier more than 270 times and the carrier had a satisfactory safety rating. Other brokers were using the same carrier as well.
That raises a potentially troubling question for the entire brokerage industry: If hiring a federally rated satisfactory carrier still isn’t enough, what exactly constitutes reasonable carrier vetting?
Leffler’s answer? There may be no such thing as a completely safe vetting process.
Full Episode: youtu.be/7794yOpsscs
#FreightExpectations #FreightWaves #CHRobinson #FreightBrokers #CarrierVetting #Trucking #TruckingLaw #FreightBrokerage #NuclearVerdicts #Logistics










