A shipping broker will not have to pay any part of a $18.2 million jury award for injuries suffered by a teenager hit by a truck because the trucking company wasn’t its agent but instead an independent contractor, an Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday.
A trial jury held carrier Dakota Lines Inc. was an agent of shipping broker Alliance Shippers Inc. when Dakota truck driver Gordon Lewis struck Gustavo Cornejo on the side of a road. Because of that agency, the jury found Lewis, Dakota, and Alliance were each liable for damages and awarded Cornejo $18,150,750 ...
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