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Suffice it to say that the past year has been a very good year for brokers; in the courts, that is! While there have been several very favorable preemption decisions across the country, the preemption doctrine is not...more
Trucking accidents can have devastating consequences, often resulting in catastrophic injuries and significant property damage due to the sheer size and weight of the vehicles involved. If you or a loved one has been involved...more
Our economy depends on commercial trucking. In 2021, there were 13.86 million trucks registered, and they traveled a total of 327.48 billion miles in that year alone. In 2022, large trucks transported 72.6% of the total...more
Last week, a tragedy occurred in Southern Delaware involving Freightliner tractor-trailer and a minivan: just after 10:30 PM the Freightliner failed to stop at a posted stop sign on Atlanta Road (Route 30) and drove into the...more
The vast majority of traffic accidents are minor, with smaller amounts of damages and less serious injuries. However, every once in a while, there is an accident that garners national attention because of its size and/or...more
Trucking accidents are a common occurrence on America's roads, causing serious injuries, property damage, and loss of life. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 4,965 people were killed and...more
Driving in icy conditions is never ideal, but if you must make the trek during winter weather, you’re likely to share the roads with tractor-trailers. True snow days are few and far between for the semi-truck driver, who...more
Tractor trailers and other large commercial vehicles travel the highways and our local roads daily to deliver consumer goods around the country. With so many trucks, including 18-wheelers, semis, flatbeds, dump trucks, and...more
As many are aware, the Nuclear Verdict phenomenon (a “nuclear verdict” is described as a verdict of $10 million or more) - by which plaintiffs’ personal injury counsel, propagating a sophisticated yet simultaneously...more
The possibility of a shipper being found liable to a third party who is injured by allegedly improperly loaded freight is an evolving one. Historically, the onus of responsibility, and liability, for loading freight has been...more
Trucking companies and their counsel have struggled to decide whether a carrier should conduct a preventability determination following an accident. Assessing how an accident happened and providing the truck driver with...more
As a result of "stay at home" orders and other social distancing guidelines to help stop the spread of COVID-19, fewer North Carolinians are driving. In fact, recent news stories report that some car insurance companies...more
Facing a commercial truck head-on is a terrifying experience. Knowing that you are helpless to protect yourself and that the driver behind the wheel of the truck might not even know you are there can be traumatizing; and, in...more
Under New York law, a liability insurer is required to deny coverage for bodily injury resulting from an auto accident “as soon as is reasonably possible.” N.Y. Ins. Law § 3420(d)(2). The Second Circuit recently shed light on...more
Declaratory Judgment Action Interpreting the "Land Motorized Vehicle" Exclusion - In Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Simmons, No. E2013-01419-COA-R30-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. July 15, 2014), the Tennessee Court of...more
Pollution Exclusion Doesn’t Bar Coverage for Worker Exposed to Hazardous Chemicals That Were Not “Dispersed”: Why it matters - A federal district court in Texas strictly construed a pollution exclusion in...more