One truck or 10,000, the incident-level exposure is the same. Zonar’s Charles Kriete on the proof fleets must build before the accident, not after.
Freight broker Landstar System will record several accident-related charges in the fourth quarter.
A group of owner-operators won a more than $10.4 million judgment in a class-action suit against a carrier that a federal court found underpaid the drivers by underreporting part of its gross revenues.
On a recent episode of Loaded and Rolling, Matt Leffler, the Armchair Attorney, spoke about the explosion in nuclear verdicts impacting trucking.
In an industry that continues to be plagued by nuclear verdicts, carriers continue to face outsized risks surrounding litigation, safety initiatives and work culture.
Carriers with best-in-class safety programs enjoy the most competitive insurance rates while simultaneously protecting driver well-being and making positive changes in the industry as a whole.
A Georgia jury recently awarded more than $47 million to the family of a 35-year-old owner-operator who was killed in a August 2017 crash involving a former company driver for Wisconsin-based Schneider National Carriers.
A Wisconsin bill may limit non-economic damages for accidents involving commercial vehicles. An Indiana bill would let seat belt use be used as evidence in accident lawsuits.
In what is far from a nuclear verdict, a long-running suit against Knight Transportation in California was settled for $400,000.
Using data to protect trucking companies.
An Illinois-based trucking company has filed Chapter 11, citing a jury award of $10 million in December following a 2019 fatal truck crash involving one of its drivers.
A California judge awarded $23.7 million, considered a “nuclear verdict” because it exceeds $10 million, to a motorcyclist whose lower leg was amputated after he was struck by a work truck in Los Angeles.
An Arkansas-based trucking company, RCX Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday, nearly a year after it shuttered operations when it was unable to climb out of debt following a $23 million nuclear verdict.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a Florida jury awards a plaintiff $411 million in the latest nuclear verdict. Plus, a lack of freight capacity has some worrying about holiday shipping delays, and Toyota and Hino will bring a Class 8 fuel-cell electric truck to the U.S. next year.
Better safety systems and driver environment monitoring can help fleets reduce the number of truck-related accidents.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, markets remain on fire and indications are it may continue that way for quite a while. Plus, portions of I-10 reopen following Hurricane Laura and hearing impaired truckers seek relief from certain CDL requirements.
As the size of jury awards has grown, trucking fleets are dealing with how to mitigate the rest. Many are turning to technology.
FreightWaves teamed up with Gulf Winds International to discuss how massive jury awards are taking a lasting toll on carriers.
$26.5 million ‘nuclear verdict’ stands in fatal road-rage crash in Oregon
Are Walmart drivers paid too much? This and more ridiculous questions on today’s What The Truck?!?
