Camp v. TNT Logistics Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that because none of the parties raised a choice of law issue, the substantive law of the forum state applied
• noting that because neither party raised a choice of law issue, the substantive law of the forum state applies
• noting that because none of the parties raised a choice of law issue, the substantive law of the forum state applied
• holding that the defendant was not a “motor carrier” engaged in “transportation” despite that fact that it was hired to provide “logistics services” related to delivery of cargo, because the defendant contracted with a third party that controlled the truck and driver
• “[T]he crucial inquiry is in what capacity [the motor carrier] was acting during the transaction.”
• “In a common law negligence action, a violation of a statute or ordinance designed to protect human life or property is prima facie evidence of negligence; the violation does not constitute negligence per se.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).