3PL victory: TQL tossed as defendant in Colorado liability trial
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Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has been granted a victory in a Colorado federal court, as Judge Nina Wang dismissed TQL from a liability case filed by Deann Miller. The incident involved Scott Miller, the husband of Deann Miller, who tragically died in June 2024 when steel beams fell off a truck he was driving on U.S. 285 in Colorado.
The judge determined that it was unclear who Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza was working for when the steel beams fell off his truck. TQL had been listed as a defendant among others, including Monique Trucking, Intsel Steel West LLC, and Triple-S Steel Holdings. However, the judge dismissed TQL, Intsel Steel West LLC, and Triple-S Steel Holdings from the lawsuit, granting them without prejudice, allowing the plaintiff to refile with a different legal approach.
The case was previously filed with a broad range of defendants, including the driver, Monique Trucking, the customer, Intsel Steel West LLC, and the delivery company, Searing Industries. Judge Wang dismissed the arguments made by the plaintiff regarding TQL's vicarious liability, stating that there was no legal basis to establish that TQL had employed the driver or had a principal-agent relationship.
The dismissals also included arguments about joint ventures or joint enterprises among the defendants, all without prejudice.
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