FAIR Trucking Act

The FAIR Trucking Act would amend federal law to grant U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over civil actions involving bodily harm or loss of life from highway accidents with interstate commercial motor vehicles when the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million and there is diversity of citizenship between plaintiffs and defendants, including cases involving foreign states or citizens. It applies to plaintiffs and defendants who are citizens of different U.S. states, or where one side is a foreign state or citizen and the other is a U.S. state citizen. The bill clarifies that citizenship is determined at the time of filing or service of an amended pleading if federal jurisdiction…

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