Michigan Court Creates New Pip Subrogation Opportunity: Call v. L & KJ Enterprises, LLC, ___ N.W.3d ___ (Mich. App. 2026) (Docket No. 366229)

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, Subrogation, Uncategorized

For decades, Michigan no-fault carriers operated under a rigid, confusing, and often frustrating limitation: recovery of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits was largely confined to the narrow statutory framework of M.C.L.A. § 500.3116. That statute carefully circumscribes when a carrier may obtain reimbursement of a lien against its insured’s tort recovery, and Michigan courts historically…

Broker Liability After Montgomery: Supreme Court Says Freight Brokers Can Now Be Sued for Carrier Selection Failures

Newsletter, Transportation and Cargo

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC has significantly altered the legal landscape for freight brokers, transportation intermediaries, insurers, and litigants nationwide. In a ruling that will likely reshape trucking litigation for years to come, the Court held that state-law negligent hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted…

Freight Broker Liability and Federal Preemption: The Circuit Split Over Negligent Selection Claims Under 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)

Newsletter, Subrogation, Transportation and Cargo

The Hidden Legal Fault Line in Freight Brokerage In the trucking industry, freight brokerage often appears straightforward on the surface—connecting shippers with carriers to move freight from point A to point B. Yet beneath that operational simplicity lies a steadily expanding legal fault line, where a single carrier-selection decision can become the center of multi-million-dollar…