Large verdicts against motor carriers have been increasing. Fleets that adopt dashcams are in a better position to defend against claims. This paper includes important information about the increasingly litigious landscape carriers operate in and the protection that dashcams provide.
May 1, 2022verdict
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Jury Issues $1 Billion Verdict Against Two Carriers in Fatal Crash
Getty ImagesA Nassau County, Fla., jury on Aug. 20 issued a total of $1 billion in monetary damages against two motor carriers that were declared negligent for their role in a pair of 2017 crashes on the same night and near the same location.
August 25, 2021 Business 
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Trucking Lawyers Should Share Defense Strategies, Author and Noted Attorney Says
Getty ImagesFor more than a year, prominent San Diego defense attorney Robert Tyson has been scolding his colleagues for not sharing trial defense strategies to beat plaintiff attorneys in the nation’s courtrooms. Here are his tactics for winning in court.
June 23, 2021 Government, Business 
Taking Aim at Nuclear Verdicts
No fleet wants to be the next one to make news for being on the wrong end of a multimillion dollar settlement. And, yet, the latest research from American Transportation Research Institute shows the numbers rising.
November 9, 2020 Government, Business, Safety 
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Nuclear Jury Awards Against Truckers on the Rise, ATRI Study Shows
Avosb/Getty ImagesIn the past five years there were nearly 300 court cases resulting in jury verdicts over $1 million against trucking fleets, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute analysis made public on June 23.
June 24, 2020 Business
Jury Awards $58.5 Million for Truck Crash
A New Mexico jury has awarded the family of a person killed in a 2010 truck-involved accident $58.5 million in damages, believed to be the largest truck accident verdict ever.
April 8, 2013