FreightProof for Brokers

You're Now Liable for Every Carrier You Dispatch

On May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II (608 U.S. ___, 9-0) that the FAAAA does not preempt state-law negligence claims against freight brokers for carrier selection.

Before Montgomery: Brokers were shielded by federal preemption. A stale approved-carrier list was legally sufficient.

After Montgomery: Every dispatch is a liability event. The question in court will be: "What did you know about this carrier's safety record at the exact moment you dispatched this specific load?"

Not what your vetting policy says you do. What you actually did, for that specific load, with timestamped proof.

What Plaintiff Attorneys Will Demand

Major law firms are already publishing litigation playbooks. Here's what they'll ask for in discovery:

  • Carrier safety rating at time of dispatch — Satisfactory, Conditional, or Unsatisfactory
  • CSA BASIC scores — all seven categories, with percentiles
  • Crash history — fatalities, injuries, total incidents
  • Inspection records — out-of-service rates, violation patterns
  • Insurance currency — was coverage active at dispatch time?
  • Authority status — was the carrier authorized to haul?
  • Your documented decision — what did you review, and when?

    • If you can't produce timestamped, tamper-evident records of what you checked for each dispatch, the absence itself is evidence of negligence.

    What Insurers Will Require

    Montgomery is an underwriting event. Your insurer is asking the same questions the plaintiff's attorney will ask — but before the lawsuit, not after.

  • Brokers with documented, systematic vetting processes get better premiums
  • Brokers without them face rate increases and coverage restrictions
  • Compliance documentation is now an underwriting asset, not overhead

    • How FreightProof Works

    One API call at dispatch time. That's it.

    Step 1: Check

    FreightProof pulls live FMCSA data for the carrier: operating authority, safety rating, BASIC scores across all seven categories, crash history, inspection records, enforcement actions, insurance status.

    Step 2: Score

    A risk score (0–100) mapped to the specific factors the Montgomery Court identified. The algorithm distinguishes private carriers from for-hire carriers, weights the Caribe Transport conditional-rating pattern, and flags every red flag the courtroom will ask about.

  • 0–24 (LOW): APPROVE — meets reasonable care standard
  • 25–49 (MEDIUM): CAUTION — document additional due diligence
  • 50–100 (HIGH): REJECT — negligence exposure

    • Step 3: Seal

    The exact data — every field, every score, every flag — is hashed with SHA-256 (FIPS 180-4, the federal cryptographic standard). The hash proves:
  • What the data showed at the moment of checking
  • When you checked (timestamped to the second)
  • Nothing has changed since (altering any field breaks the hash)

    • Step 4: Verify

    Anyone — your attorney, their attorney, a judge, an insurer, an AI — can re-run SHA-256 on the record and confirm it matches. No Rootz account needed. No API key. No trust in our platform required.

    The proof works without us. That's what makes it credible.

    The Math

    WhatCost
    FreightProof (50 loads/day x 250 days = 12,500/year at $10/record)$125,000/year
    At 500-packs ($8/record)$100,000/year
    No monthly fees. Credits never expire.

    WhatCost
    One Montgomery defense (legal fees alone)$500,000+
    Median nuclear trucking verdict$36,000,000
    Largest single trucking verdict (2021)$1,000,000,000
    Insurance premium savings for documented compliance10–25%

    $10 per record. $36 million per verdict. The math does the selling.

    What We Have That Nobody Else Does

    Per-Dispatch Proof

    Highway verifies identity at onboarding. CarrierAssure gives a proprietary A-F score. Carrier411 monitors changes. None of them generate per-dispatch evidence. We do.

    Independent Verification

    Every competitor gives you their proprietary format — their score, their report, their dashboard. You have to trust them.

    FreightProof gives you SHA-256 math. Re-run it yourself. The proof is valid without our platform, without our servers, without our company existing.

    AI-Native

    12 MCP tools accessible to any AI agent. REST API for any TMS. .well-known/ai for AI discovery. When your AI agent dispatches a load, it calls FreightProof automatically. No human in the loop.

    Montgomery-Mapped Scoring

    Our risk algorithm isn't generic. It's mapped to the specific factors Barrett identified in the opinion and what Kavanaugh called the "regulatory black hole." The scoring weights match what courts will examine.

    Pricing

    No subscriptions. No monthly fees. Credits never expire.

    Details
    Sign Up30 free credits — no credit card required
    Pay As You Go$10/record (buy 1–99)
    100-Pack$900 ($9/record)
    500-Pack$4,000 ($8/record)
    EnterpriseContact us for volume pricing

    Every record includes: SHA-256 signed vetting record, risk scoring, red flag analysis, vetting history, API access, broker dashboard, carrier watchlist, change alerts, batch vetting, compliance reports.

    Enterprise adds: TMS webhooks, continuous carrier monitoring, white-label, blockchain anchoring, expert witness support.

    Try It Now

    Enter any DOT number at freight.rootz.global and see the risk score, red flags, and recommendation in seconds.

    Then ask yourself: If I got sued tomorrow for a dispatch I made last Tuesday, could I prove — with a timestamped, tamper-evident record — exactly what safety data I reviewed?

    If the answer is no, that's the problem FreightProof solves.

    freight.rootz.global · Rootz Corp · steven@sprague.com