MaryJane Dobbs

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in holding that state-law claims alleging a freight broker negligently hired/selected a motor carrier to transport goods are not preempted by the Federal Aviation...more On June 9, 2022, the New Jersey District Court in Portillo v. Nat’l Freight, Inc., 15-cv-07908, 2022 U.S. District. LEXIS 103186 (D.N.J. June 9, 2022) determined that roughly 250 drivers for trucking company National Freight,...more Trucking companies and their counsel have struggled to decide whether a carrier should conduct a preventability determination following an accident. Assessing how an accident happened and providing the truck driver with...more On June 10, 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court rendered its decision on Angel Alberto Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, (A-4-20) which is the first New Jersey Supreme Court decision since 1983 to opine on a...more