New Prime, Inc. v. Professional Logistics Management Co.

CROW, Judge.

Plaintiff, New Prime, Ine., a “motor carrier of general commodities,” sued Defendant, Professional Logistics Management Co., Inc., for $33,672.89. Plaintiffs petition pled that at Defendant’s request, Plaintiff transported goods and materials for Defendant, that Defendant agreed to pay Plaintiffs charges, and that Defendant failed to pay.

Defendant’s answer pled, inter alia, that it is a “motor carrier broker of property,” that Plaintiff “contracted with the shipper,” not with Defendant, for transporting the shipper’s goods, and that Defendant has “no liability to [Plaintiff].”

The…