C.H. Robinson out of Florida ‘U-turn’ lawsuit

John Kingston

Tue, June 30, 2026 astatine 10:43 AM CDT 4 min read

C.H. Robinson has been dismissed arsenic a suspect successful a Florida lawsuit that mightiness person been 1 of the archetypal tests of broker liability successful a ineligible arena changed by Montgomery vs. Caribe Transport II.

A tribunal papers filed Friday day successful the 19th Circuit Court for St. Lucie County, successful the widely-publicized lawsuit involving operator Harjinder Singh and his fatal u-turn down the wheel, removed C.H. Robinson arsenic a suspect successful the suit brought by the property of Faniola Joseph, killed successful the clang on with 2 others that occurred aft Singh's tragic turn.

Reiterates: we weren't portion of this

The papers doesn't accidental wherefore C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW)  was dismissed arsenic a defendant. But successful a prepared statement, the elephantine 3PL said the aforesaid happening Tuesday arsenic it did erstwhile the suit from Joseph's property was archetypal filed: it had thing to bash with immoderate of the companies progressive successful the crash.

"The suit successful Cantelar v. White Hawk Carriers incorrectly alleged that C.H. Robinson brokered the shipment progressive successful the accident," the institution said successful a prepared connection provided to FreightWaves. "That was false, which is wherefore C.H. Robinson has been dismissed from the case." (Yaniel Cantelar represents the Joseph estate). 

White Hawk is the sanction of the bearer that Singh was driving for erstwhile the clang occurred successful August 2025. C.H. Robinson, erstwhile the suit was filed, instantly said done its main ineligible serviceman Dorothy Capers that White Hawk "is not an approved bearer for C.H. Robinson nor has been authorized successful our strategy for years."

Capers said C.H. Robinson had not done concern with White Hawk since precocious January 2024.

That was the statement C.H. Robinson reiterated Tuesday with the quality that it was dismissed arsenic a defendant.

"C.H. Robinson did not broker oregon put the shipment, nor was it progressive successful the enactment of the trucking institution that moved the shipment." the connection said. "In fact, astatine the clip of the accident, the trucking institution successful question was blocked successful C.H. Robinson's strategy from being booked connected immoderate load."

C.H. Robinson presumably demonstrated that information to attorneys for the Joseph estate. "Once the plaintiff learned the truth, they voluntarily dismissed C.H. Robinson from the lawsuit connected June 26, 2026," the 3PL's connection said. "C.H. Robinson should not person been named arsenic a suspect successful this case, and its dismissal reflects the underlying facts."

In the archetypal lawsuit, the recap of however the load came to beryllium hauled by White Hawk and Singh suggested determination had been treble brokering determination successful its history. And adjacent if that turns retired to beryllium true, C.H. Robinson won't beryllium accused of being a enactment to it.