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TIDA Webinar: Statutory Employment Issue in Broker Liability Cases – Heading off Plaintiffs’ Next Move After Montgomery

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
1:00 pm Eastern

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This webinar will discuss the counter to Plaintiffs’ raising the argument that, under what is really a novel interpretation of Federal law, that motor carrier – and namely the motor carrier’s driver in an accident scenario – is the statutory employee of the involved freight broker. The argument has gotten traction in certain trial courts around the country and both defense attorneys, industry members, and (moreover) judges need to be educated on what is really required under Federal law and motor carrier / transportation regulations. Specifically, a trial court that would agree with the Plaintiff on this argument would have to ignore 60+ years of precedent under the Federal leasing statute and its associated regulations, as well as the plain language of the regulations themselves. These regulations and precedent were developed largely under litigation on cargo claims and this webinar will cover this evolution and how critical it is to countering statutory employment arguments made by plaintiffs before judges unaware of this body of law – how these arguments are likely to be pervasive of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 2026 in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, et al.

About the presenters:

Kevin Branch, McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP
Kevin Branch is a founding partner of McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP. Kevin’s practice focuses on representing clients such as motor carriers, transportation intermediaries, insurance companies, property owners/managers, developers, construction companies, manufacturers, suppliers and businesses in litigation matters including auto and cargo liability claims, insurance coverage, employment issues, commercial disputes, and eminent domain. In addition to his litigation practice, Kevin assists transportation entities and businesses with regulatory compliance and other commercial matters. He is an active member of several industry groups including TIDA, Transportation Lawyers Association, and Conference of Freight Counsel.

Maxwell Brusky, Transdev North America
Max Brusky is currently Assistant General Counsel – Litigation for Transdev North America, a one of the largest operators and maintainers of municipal transit systems in the world, and as part of Transdev Group, based in Paris, France. Prior to joining Transdev NA, Max was Director, Claims Management for Bulkmatic, LLC, Assistant Branch Manager of Gallagher Bassett Specialty’s Transportation Practice Major Case Unit, and before that, Director, Claims Management for Hub Group and Hub Group Trucking. He has also in been in practice as a solo practitioner, with 2 Chicago insurance defense law firms, and as in-house tort counsel for the Chicago Transit Authority. Max is an active member of several legal and industry organization, including Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Illinois Defense Counsel, and TIDA.

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