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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash, a decision that could have ripple effects across the trucking industry.<\/p>\n

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The high court ruled unanimously in favor of Shawn Montgomery, whose parked vehicle was hit by a speeding truck driver on an Illinois highway in 2017. He says C.H. Robinson, the country\u2019s largest freight broker, should be liable for their role in putting the driver on the road despite \u201cserious red flags.\u201d<\/p>\n

His claim was backed by more than two dozen U.S states who said the case would help bolster safety in the industry that moves billions of tons of goods across billions of miles every year. On the other side was the Trump administration and companies like Amazon, who argued against exposing logistics companies to liability under a \u201cpatchwork\u201d of state laws.<\/p>\n

Montgomery\u2019s attorneys say the trucker had been cited for careless driving in another crash months earlier, and the carrier that he worked for had been involved with at least three crashes in a span of about five months. His lawsuit said C.H. Robinson should share liability because it hired the carrier despite those problems.<\/p>\n

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The company argued that they rely on the federal government to license carriers, and being federally regulated means they can\u2019t be sued under state law.<\/p>\n

Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based C.H. Robinson got the case tossed out in a ruling affirmed by a Chicago-based appeals court, but Montgomery appealed to the justices. He successfully argued that even though federal law usually trumps state law, other courts have recognized an exception for safety issues.<\/p>\n

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