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Trucking Sector Faces Safety Reckoning After Supreme Court Ruling

A recent Supreme Court ruling is reportedly shaking up one corner of the trucking industry. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Aug. 20), the ruling in May opened freight brokers—who connect companies to drivers who haul their goods—to lawsuits if a driver for a contracted carrier is involved in an accident.

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