Dixon v. Hot Shot Express, Inc.

I concur fully in the main opinion. I write specially to note the distinction between this case and this Court’s decision in Weatherspoon v. Tillery Body Shop, Inc., 44 So.3d 447 (Ala.2010). In Weatherspoon, the trial court dismissed the plaintiffs claims against the defendant, a motor carrier of propei’ty, because the claims were preempted under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 and the ICC Termination Act of 1995, 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c). Based on the language of § 14501(c)(1), which provides: “a State, [or] political subdivision of a State, ... may not enact or…