US Chamber Files Amicus Brief in Werner Verdict
Group Asks Texas Supreme Court to Overturn $100 Million Finding
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Texas Supreme Court asking the high court to reject a $100 million lower-court jury verdict against Werner Enterprises that was upheld by a state appeals court last year.
The chamber, which claims 300,000 direct members, said the verdict in the 2014 accident on an icy divided roadway is unfair and “threatens the trucking industry, but also commercial activity more generally.”
