Failure to identify and correct non-compliance and unsafe driver behavior can be devastating for motor carriers by making them difficult to defend after a major crash. But there are three keys that will help carriers remain defendable and avoid triggering a nuclear verdict.
What great trucking content did you miss this past year? HDT's editors highlight some of their best pieces you may have missed in 2021.
Read how a new report on the impact of smaller verdicts and settlements can help trucking companies counter plaintiffs' attorneys who believe in, "hit a truck, get a check."
Are your technicians checking and recalibrating safety system sensors on trucks after repair jobs? They better be.
What does a record $1 billion verdict against two trucking companies involved in a fatal crash mean for the industry? HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge shares some takeaways.
At the 2021 Fleet Safety Experience, panelists from Tyson & Mendes, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, and Predictive Coach will discuss today’s liability climate and how fleets can protect themselves from eight-figure nuclear verdicts.
Addressing trucking company reputations, leveling the scales of justice, and watching for what's next when it comes to nuclear verdicts, in the All That's Trucking blog.
Some of the top concerns trucking fleets have today — rising insurance costs, “nuclear verdicts,” the driver shortage — could all be addressed through improving a company’s safety culture, says HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge in her blog.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law to protect commercial motor carriers from excessive lawsuits against them when involved in an accident.
Hub International has launched an excess liability insurance designed to give truck carriers broad coverage and protect them from potential major losses from nuclear verdicts.
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