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🚨First known jury verdict against a freight broker since the Montgomery Supreme Court ruling:

$604 million worth of JUSTICE

Freight brokers that cut corners on carrier vetting are now on notice—and on borrowed time. Accountability for who gets put behind the wheel of those… https://t.co/F8Kprf5MuX

— American Truckers United (@atutruckers) July 24, 2026

Per Grok:

A Dallas jury issued a $604 million advisory verdict against freight broker C.H. Robinson for a March 2021 Mississippi I-20 crash that killed three people and injured two others, after a Lupus Superior truck driven by a reportedly ill driver caused a fiery pileup.

This marks the first major jury verdict against a broker since the Montgomery Supreme Court ruling expanded potential liability for negligent carrier selection, with evidence showing C.H. Robinson hired a carrier flagged for safety issues a year earlier.

The decision puts freight brokers on notice to improve vetting processes, though C.H. Robinson plans to appeal, potentially raising industry insurance costs and carrier selection standards while apportioning fault among broker, carrier, and driver.

The driver, Gorgonio Gonzalez, told both C.H. Robinson and his carrier (Lupus Superior) that he was too sick to continue driving on the night of the March 2021 crash.
gmtoday.com

Instead of rescheduling or stopping, the delivery proceeded, and he crashed into stopped traffic on I-20 in Mississippi, triggering a fiery pileup.
arnolditkin.com
He died in the crash, so the precise cause (fatigue, medical event from illness, distraction, etc.) was never definitively established.
freightwaves.com