Articles Posted in Trucking Litigation

Corporate shell games to avoid accountability for injuring or killing people are all too common. We see it an a variety of contexts. Today I got an email outlining how attorneys for nursing homes are directing their clients to lower their insurance coverage to $100,000 and set up an intricate network of corporate entities to…

Today in Bartow, Florida, a jury returned a $65 million verdict — all compensatory damages, no punitives — in a truck crash case against Bynum Transport. I understand the case involved a stop light collision with contested liability. The damage award was apparently all to fund a huge life care plan for severely brain damaged…

When you or a loved one have been badly hurt in a catastrophic trucking accident, you may expect someone from the trucking company or its insurer to try to lull you into complacency. The objective is to avoid paying the value of the case, which they recognize is substantial. The tactics may remind you of…

Trucking is a dangerous occupation. A lot of my work as a trucking safety trial attorney in Georgia involves representing injured truck drivers and survivors of truckers who are killed due to someone else’s carelessness. An often overlooked factor is that a lot of trucking insurance policies include substantial uninsured motorist (UM) insurance coverage. That means…

In a few hours I will fly home to Atlanta after speaking at the American Association for Justice Interstate Trucking Litigation Group continuing legal education seminar. The faculty at these national seminars form an invaluable nationwide network of knowledge, contacts and resources. If you are a lawyer seeking to handle any trucking cases for plaintiffs,…

As a trucking trial lawyer in Georgia, I often encounter defendants seeking to exclude evidence of corporate misconduct by just admitting that that they are responsible for the driver. Rather than letting into evidence the whole story of the corporation’s systemic disregard for safety for years, they try to focus on a couple of second…

As a trucking accident trial lawyer in Georgia, I find myself spending a lot of time in conference rooms for the depositions of truck drivers and trucking company owners. Since I sometimes represent truck drivers who are injured by the negligence of other truck drivers, it is not uncommon to spend a very long day…

Individuals and families who suffer catastrophic loss due to trucking accidents always face hardship. In the midst of a the worst recession in a generation, the hardship is often even greater. Responding to that harsh reality facing our potential clients, I have adopted a new fee schedule that cuts average fees by more than 10%.…

A  federal court jury in  Kansas has returned a $23.5 million verdict arising from a 2006 wreck in New Mexico, according to an article by Ron Sylvester of the Wichita Eagle. The court cut the amount to $15.3 million because the jury decided the driver of the Swift Transportation was only 65 percent at fault…

A Kansas federal court jury has awarded a $23.5 million verdict for a serious spinal cord injury arising from a 2006 wreck in New Mexico, according to a news story by Ron Sylvester of the Wichita Eagle. The judge reduced the amount to $15.3 million because the jury decided the driver of the other truck…