Practice Areas: Product & Consumer Litigation

Trucking Litigation

The transportation industry is constantly in the sights of the plaintiff’s bar. Indeed, if a tractor-trailer is remotely involved in an accident, even when the driver has committed no negligence, the transportation company is often sued for damages.

To support the needs of transportation industry clients, we have developed a team of experienced trial lawyers who are not afraid to try a case to a jury. Our professionals have experience assisting clients with risk management decisions both on a case-by-case basis and as national coordinating counsel. We believe that ingenuity and aggressive defense is the most effective and efficient response to litigation. Our trial capabilities are drawn from our historical strength in this area, and for our consistent representation of clients across the United States.

When clients have high exposure cases that must be efficiently and effectively managed, they call on us for the quality defense they know we provide. When clients need effective solutions to litigation issues, we give them dedicated trial lawyers.

Representative Service Areas

• National Coordinating Counsel
• Accident Claims
• Labor & Employment
• Workers Compensation Issues
• Compliance with DOT and ADA in Hiring
• Defending Negligent Hire & Retention Claims
• HAZMAT & Environmental Claims
• Alternative Risk Funding
• Structured Settlement & ADR

Recent Representative Matters

• Trial of wrongful death cases, including case that involved interplay of state law and federal motor carrier safety regulations as applicable to emergency vehicles responding to an emergency call.
• Favorable settlement of negligent hiring, training and entrustment claims based on federal preemption of Texas state law.
• Secured summary judgment of claim involving allegation of improperly secured loads resulting in load-shift accident. Industry standards for securing loads in a 53-foot less-than-truckload trailer were at issue.
• Pending matters involving trailer accidents on restricted access federal highways in which loads met state but not federal weight limits.