Imperative Logistics alleges two former employees stole confidential business information and joined Alabama Motor Express.
A coalition of U.S. states persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block the Department of Homeland Security from obtaining commercial driver records.
Progressive Express Insurance has filed a federal lawsuit in Houston seeking a declaration that it owes no coverage for claims arising from a September 2023 highway accident.
The groundbreaking Montgomery case will head back to the federal district court where it began.
Commercial trucking carriers are in an increasingly expensive legal bullseye due to costly nuclear verdicts from civil lawsuits.
Two Mexican truck drivers filed a federal lawsuit claiming a Texas carrier misclassified their visas and denied them overtime pay.
Samsara won a $30.3 million arbitration award over false-advertising claims tied to AI dashcam studies, while the ITC cleared Motive of patent infringement and ended any import-ban threat. Other cases remain pending.
As technology outpaces federal regulations, litigation hurdles loom for self driving trucks
Aurora has partnered with On the Road Garage, a transportation workforce development provider to launch an apprenticeship and upskilling initiative to prepare workers for the new demands required by autonomous vehicles.
Executives at an LA freight forwarding company smuggled billions of dollars in goods into Mexico from the U.S. in a scheme involving kickbacks to drug cartels and bribes to customs officials, prosecutors say.
Injured plaintiffs’ seat belt use could be entered as evidence following traffic accidents under a bill passed by the Georgia Senate.
On a recent episode of Loaded and Rolling, Matt Leffler, the Armchair Attorney, spoke about the explosion in nuclear verdicts impacting trucking.
Four people, including two children, are dead after a crash in Minnesota involving a semitruck in a construction zone.
OOIDA and other industry groups are suing over the EPA Phase 3 final rule on greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law a bill that largely prevents lawsuits from being filed directly against insurers after truck crashes.
A jury found Jesus Puebla, 27, of Denver, guilty of five counts of vehicular homicide after the straight truck he was driving crashed into an SUV carrying a Wyoming family.
Legislation heading to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to bar most truck-crash lawsuits against insurance companies would reduce premiums and lead more insurers to write policies, supporters say.
Gov. Eric Holcomb of Indiana has signed a bill that allows juries to know whether a plaintiff in a vehicle accident was using a seat belt. The ATA has praised the legislation.
Western Global Airlines appears to be winding down operations for a potential bankruptcy.
Legal battle over trucking independent contractors The trucking owner-operator business model is getting more legal challenges. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision in May 2021 that ruled in favor of Schneider’s contract terms, creating a situation where an owner-operator is effectively an employee based on its interpretation of the […]
