Tag: attorneys

Channel 19
NASTC safety program offers one road to fighting off the ambulance chasers if the worst happens
The program can be a backstop to any size carrier’s efforts to effectively demonstrate a commitment to safety should the lawyers come searching for ways to cherry-pick further adversity after an accident — and in future may help NASTC square the circle as it relates to insurance premiums with the power of the group utilizing the program.
November 19, 2019
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Channel 19
Do we need a rulemaking on crash ‘preventability’ as a standard for removal from carrier scores?
Yes, according to the Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform coalition. Too many around the industry conflate “preventability” with fault, creating blowback potential particularly for truckers with accidents on their record for which they have no legal liability yet that get deemed “preventable” and labeled as such.
September 5, 2019
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Business
The California independent contractor crisis: Undermining the owner-operator
The next battle in what some view as a West Coast war on owner-operators has nothing to do with truck emissions. Instead, California’s labor law developments, predatory lease-purchase practices and aggressive union organizing are stirring a legal stew for the independent contractor model in trucking.
February 4, 2019
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Business
Post-crash litigation: Cameras and ELD evidence
Much of the monitoring equipment that many larger carriers are investing in — from cameras to ELDs — also gives them a critical edge in legal disputes.
June 21, 2016
Post-crash civil litigation can be viewed as at least contributing to carriers’ uptake of monitoring equipment. For more about the future of such equipment as it relates, access installments in Overdrive‘s March/April “Tomorrow’s Trucker” multipart feature via this link.
Business
How to dodge the ambulance chasers
Since the advent of CSA, high-dollar jury awards for truck accident victims have been growing. This means higher risk and insurance costs, especially for independents.
June 20, 2016
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Business
Lawyers are more dangerous on any day ending in ‘Y’
In which Wendy responds to a Texas lawyer who, with the help of the Dallas Morning News, “asserts that most everyone who took the past three days off is now back on the road, driving illegally to make up for lost time.” …
June 10, 2016
Overdrive‘s June magazine should be making its way to subscribers’ mailboxes as usual over the next week or two. Preview the cover story on issues in post-crash litigation in the digital version now at this link. If you’re not a subscriber, use this link to fill out the subscription form.
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: ‘Don’t help the lawyers. Help us.’ –Readers on insurance
In this podcast, readers weigh in on rising insurance costs, urging regulators and congress not to hike minimums, which might well serve only to line the pockets of attorneys and deleteriously affect the trucking business.
March 17, 2015
More costs piled on by regulators in the form of an insurance hike, readers argue in the podcast below, would only serve to idle more trucks and boost crash settlements unnecessarily, with them attorney’s fees.
Business
Why the general public should also know what ‘barratry’ means
A full-page ad in Maxim magazine equating truckers with serial killers spawns an effort to get the magazines removed from retail outlets. A little kudos goes to some truck stops who’ve joined the effort.
June 4, 2014
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Business
CSA’s Fallout: SMS/safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
While official safety rating element of FMCSA’s enforcement program remains, the CSA SMS runs alongside it, giving a more real-time window into inspections, violations and crashes. However, the difference between results produced by each is marked.
June 4, 2014
Keep tuned to OverdriveOnline.com for more from Part One of this yearlong series on real-world fallout from the CSA carrier safety ranking program. Access all of our past special coverage of CSA via this page.
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