OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT v. MAYFLOWER TRANSIT

No. 08-1673.

615 F.3d 790 (2010)

OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAYFLOWER TRANSIT, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Carr, Attorney, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN, David A. Cohen, argued, Cullen Law Firm, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael J. Morris, argued, W. David Wells, Thompson Coburn LLP, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Federal regulations require motor carriers to have insurance for the protection of the public, which may be injured by collisions on the highway. 49 U.S.C. § 13906; 49 C.F.R. § 376.12(j)(1). Carriers may provide service through leased equipment—and a leased truck frequently is owned by its driver, who comes with the lease. See Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller...

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