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.
A new safety webinar series from the editors of Heavy Duty Trucking kicks off June 30 with a look how a strong safety culture can help fleets deal with industry issues such as high insurance costs and nuclear verdicts.
A crash so devastating it had John Vaccaro wondering if he even wanted to continue on with the family trucking business was a wake-up call to double down on safety.
A new company plans to use data analysis to help fleets disarm nuclear verdicts before an accident even happens.
Texas legislators are trying to pass new laws that they say would protect the trucking industry from “abusive commercial vehicle lawsuits,” but personal-injury lawyers are fighting it.
You've heard about the growth of "nuclear verdicts" in truck crash cases. But you might not know about these factors that are helping to drive those numbers up. Deborah Lockridge explores the topic in her All That's Trucking blog.
An appeals court has ordered a new trial in a 2018 “nuclear verdict” case that was believed to be the largest trucking verdict in the country’s history, saying the award was excessive.
Runaway nuclear verdicts are a reality now, but a leading transportation safety law expert believes fleets could avert mega awards by enforcing a strict safety protocol.
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