A jury handed down a wrongful death verdict against Mesilla Valley Transportation in a case centered on alleged driver fatigue and safety policies.
Commercial trucking carriers are in an increasingly expensive legal bullseye due to costly nuclear verdicts from civil lawsuits.
A $50 million nuclear verdict was handed down against a Texas trucking company that may not be in business.
Rates, liability, legal chaos and insurance exposure are colliding in real time. Most carriers are not prepared for it.
Regulators warn Congress that stagnant 1985 insurance minimums now cover less than 1.5% of median “nuclear” verdicts leaving a consolidated trucking fleet exposed.
A Texas jury has handed down a roughly $44 million nuclear verdict, most of which will hit carrier New Prime.
A trucking industry-backed study finds that higher jury awards against carriers are being driven by evidence of organizational negligence rather than the severity of the crash.
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Texas trucking tort reform aims to limit the ability to file lawsuits against trucking companies after accidents.
After losing at a Texas lower court level and then on appeal, Werner successfully reversed a nuclear verdict from 2018.
The two leading ratings agencies have cut their ratings on trailer builder Wabash National.
From nuclear verdicts to unqualified drivers behind the wheel, this article dives into the latest Texas bill that could restrict what juries hear after a crash and what that means for fleets, families and front-line accountability in trucking.
New legislation aims to crack down on fraud that drives up insurance costs for the trucking industry.
Trailer builder Wabash National won a massive reduction in punitive damages stemming from a lawsuit over a deadly crash but lost on other requests in a Missouri courtroom.
Injured plaintiffs’ seat belt use could be entered as evidence following traffic accidents under a bill passed by the Georgia Senate.
The trucking industry has been hit with another nuclear verdict, this time in Los Angeles.
Werner Enterprises highlights some favorable trends for the new year after a messy fourth quarter.
Werner Enterprises reported a big earnings miss in the 2024 fourth quarter due to outsize insurance claims.
The Werner case, now more than 6 ½ years old since it became a nuclear verdict, went before the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday.
A Florida jury awarded $125 million in punitive damages and $16.5 million in other damages against a small trucking company that no longer exists.
