2 key trucking groups in filing raise alarm on Penske decision fallout

The liability case involving parts of the Penske network of companies that has bounced from a federal court in Texas to a Penske loss at the appellate level is being viewed by two key industry associations as so important it wants a full Fifth Circuit hearing following the case being remanded to the lower court. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Truckload Carriers of America (TCA) last week filed a joint amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit asking for an en banc hearing to reconsider the August 4 decision by a three-judge panel. That appellate court decision remanded the case back to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.