Commercial Union Insurance v. Forward Air, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the Carmack Amendment does not preempt suits against brokers
• noting without holding “there is a strong argument that the Carmack 19 Amendment preempts . . . those state law claims that are asserted against defendants whose 20 liability is not specifically provided for in the Amendment”
• “[I]n addition to the fact that no state law claims against carriers survive the enactment of the Carmack Amendment, no federal common law claim against a carrier may be fashioned either.”

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