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ATRI trucking litigation report.
Newsby Jack RobertsDecember 3, 2025

ATRI Study Examines the Scale and Causes of Growing Trucking Litigation Awards

Many factors, including inherent jury bias, can drive jury awards higher in trucking litigation cases, a new ATRI study has found.

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Nuclear verdict jackpots.
Truck Techby Jack RobertsFebruary 27, 2025

The Dark Forces Funding Nuclear Verdicts Against Trucking

Financial speculators are investing money in “nuclear verdict” court cases in hopes of walking away with millions in settlement dollars — often in trucking. It’s ghoulish. It’s wrong. And it needs to be stopped.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsDecember 1, 2024

Lawfare: The Legal War on Trucking, Part 2

In Part 2 of HDT's in-depth look at the plague of nuclear verdicts devastating the North American trucking industry, defense attorney Jennifer Akre details how unscrupulous lawyers outrage juries to get big settlements — and what you can do to protect your fleet.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsNovember 22, 2024

Lawfare: Nuclear Verdicts and the War on Trucking

Nuclear verdicts are on the rise. And they’re only getting worse. Why has trucking found itself in the crosshairs? And what can the industry do about it? Part one in a series.

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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicFebruary 17, 2023

Illinois Biometric Law Applies to Each Scan, Supreme Court Says

One of the nation’s strictest laws regulating the collection, storage and use of fingerprint scans and other biometric data, just got costlier for repeat violators. The ruling could be a win for truck drivers subject to unlawful scans.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2020

ATA Sues to End Unjust Intermodal Chassis Practices

The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference has filed suit with the Federal Maritime Commission in an effort to protect truck drivers from being forced to use overpriced chassis that are not always up to safety standards.

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