Broker Not Bound by Duty of Care to Contractor's Driver

A California appellate court, in a published decision, ruled that a freight broker owed no duty of care to the driver of a contractor carrier who was paralyzed in a highway crash outside Oklahoma City. The 2nd District Court of Appeal, in its Jan. 16 decision, emphasized that XPO Logistics did not supervise the contractor’s operations and reaffirmed the long-standing presumption in California's Privette doctrine that a hiring party can delegate workplace safety to an independent contractor.  Sabert Corp. hired XPO in 2020 to broker the transportation of plasticware from a ware...