CHAMBERS v. RDI LOGISTICS, INC.

SJC-12080.

476 Mass. 95 (2016)

TIMOTHY P. CHAMBERS & another v. RDI LOGISTICS, INC., & another; DEE & LEE, LLC, & another, third-party defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Lichten ( Peter M. Delano with him) for the plaintiffs.

Michael T. Grant ( Andrew J. Fay with him) for the defendants.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


We are called upon in this case chiefly to consider whether G. L. c. 149, § 148B, the independent contractor statute, is preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA), 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c). The plaintiffs, who contracted with the defendants through small corporations that the plaintiffs apparently...

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