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As truck driver made an lane change, he collided with a passenger car, which was pushed into a retaining wall. To add “insult to injury,” the truck driver was allegedly under the [...]

A few years ago, we were defending a claim by a volatile plaintiff who claimed to have been injured  by our client’s employee. Among the issues we wanted to address was the [...]

What happens in Louisiana if your driver sees a crime about to be committed and fails to prevent it (or even report it)? Although morally repugnant, there is no legal duty to prevent or [...]

Suppose you have a case where the jury needs to know if an employee is deemed to be in the course and scope of his employment when he deviated from the routine business activities. Typically this [...]

Over and over and over, we see cases in which a car attempts to win the lane against an 18-wheeler. Sure, you may get the lane, but you may lose your life. It’s been said many times, a [...]

Another odd case: An employee of a chemical company claimed to have developed respiratory airway disease syndrome from exposure to distillate of solvent  delivered by two separate trucking [...]

Like it or not, globalization is here. With globalization of the economy comes the interaction of foreign nationals as witnesses, plaintiffs  and defendants. At one time, interstate travel [...]

I know, the first thing an attorney will say is that Carmack does not apply to bodily injuries; it only applies to cargo damage. Guess what? You’re wrong! It’s okay though, [...]

Undoubtedly, there would be substantial prejudice against a trucking company if its wealth was admitted into evidence. Usually, this will be rare; however, when making a claim for punitive [...]

Although I have written about this in Transport Topics and other transportation magazines, the subject of a diabetic driver is still a topic of interest. Frankly, there are many drivers who have [...]