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Better safety systems could help fleets avoid nuclear verdicts

Better safety systems could help fleets avoid nuclear verdicts (Photo: Shutterstock)

Within the trucking industry, legal battles over road accidents are nothing new. However, verdicts in trucking accidents have steadily become more costly, partly due to the legal environment that incentivizes lawsuits. This has led to the nuclear verdicts of today in which a jury awards over $10 million in compensation, crippling many fleets and forcing several to bankruptcy. 

In a report, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) observed that while the average size of verdicts was...

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Texas appeals court wipes out $31.6M nuclear verdict as ‘excessive’

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the 12th District in Tyler, Texas, has granted FTS International Services and one of its former drivers a new trial over what it deemed an “excessive” $31.6 million verdict awarded to a motorist allegedly injured during an accident.

The panel reversed a judgment in favor of motorist Joshua Patterson that had included $26.3 million in compensatory damages and $5.3 million in punitive damages.

Patterson alleged that he was injured when former FTS...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/texas-appeals-court-wipes-out-316m-nuclear-verdict-as-excessive

Protect against employment-related lawsuits now

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In recent years, lawsuits against motor carriers have not only increased in frequency but also in bite. This should come as no surprise as headlines blaring multi-million dollar settlements have become newsflashes almost weekly. 

Research by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently shed light on lawsuits resulting from “nuclear verdicts.” It reported that from 2012 to 2019, there were 265 cases with verdicts over $1 million, representing an increase of 335%. Additionally,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/protect-against-employment-related-lawsuits-now

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