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Transportation, Trucking, Buses & Commercial Vehicles
When faced with significant exposures, trucking, bus, and transportation companies rely upon the experience and expertise of Sedgwick lawyers. We defend the most sophisticated and catastrophic matters for our transportation-related clients. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with defending every aspect of a serious transportation-related exposure, including the technology, experts and governmental regulations unique to this specialized field.
When faced with significant exposures, trucking, bus, and transportation companies rely upon the experience and expertise of Sedgwick lawyers. We defend the most sophisticated and catastrophic matters for our transportation-related clients. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with defending every aspect of a serious transportation-related exposure, including the technology, experts and governmental regulations unique to this specialized field.
We act as national coordinating counsel and regional counsel for various transportation companies. Our role is not limited to monitoring cases, but actually defending the most serious matters throughout the United States and beyond. Indeed, our trial attorneys are recognized as among the most experienced and skilled in the nation.
Sedgwick lawyers have led the industry by creating “go teams” to quickly respond to major accidents. We often receive and respond to calls in the middle of the night from air or surface transportation carriers who seek advice related to catastrophic injuries or deaths.
Business Advisors
Our attorneys also provide industry-specific advice and counsel on business issues related to the transportation industry, present in-house seminars for our clients, and speak nationally on legal issues impacting the transportation industry. In addition, we advise our transportation clients on how to anticipate and avoid potential claims and develop response plans in advance.
Experience
Sedgwick has extensive experience in cases involving mechanical and maintenance defects, driver fatigue, fleet safety practices, regulatory violations, visibility and road conditions, safety technology, negligent hiring, substance abuse, indemnity agreements, coverage and subrogation issues, and hauler/sub-hauler relations. Our attorneys have represented bus lines, household good carriers, freight forwarders, less than truckload, truckload, tank, dump, drive-away courier carriers as well as various transportation brokers, shippers and insurers.
The firm has acted on behalf of clients dealing with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, as well as various state and local municipalities. Our transportation team is well versed in the federal regulations pertaining to the transportation industry.
Members of our team have attended the Mayflower Transit Inc.’s “Practical Transportation Training Institute for Litigation Attorneys” at the Mayflower Transportation Training Center for Drivers, in Carmel, Ind.; the National Safety Council’s “Defensive Driving Course for Professional Truck Drivers”; and completed training for safe handling and transportation of hazardous materials. Our lawyers also have actual experience operating 18-wheelers.
When faced with significant exposures, trucking, bus, and transportation companies rely upon the experience and expertise of Sedgwick lawyers. We defend the most sophisticated and catastrophic matters for our transportation-related clients. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with defending every aspect of a serious transportation-related exposure, including the technology, experts and governmental regulations unique to this specialized field.
We act as national coordinating counsel and regional counsel for various transportation companies. Our role is not limited to monitoring cases, but actually defending the most serious matters throughout the United States and beyond. Indeed, our trial attorneys are recognized as among the most experienced and skilled in the nation.
Sedgwick lawyers have led the industry by creating “go teams” to quickly respond to major accidents. We often receive and respond to calls in the middle of the night from air or surface transportation carriers who seek advice related to catastrophic injuries or deaths.
Business Advisors
Our attorneys also provide industry-specific advice and counsel on business issues related to the transportation industry, present in-house seminars for our clients, and speak nationally on legal issues impacting the transportation industry. In addition, we advise our transportation clients on how to anticipate and avoid potential claims and develop response plans in advance.
Experience
Sedgwick has extensive experience in cases involving mechanical and maintenance defects, driver fatigue, fleet safety practices, regulatory violations, visibility and road conditions, safety technology, negligent hiring, substance abuse, indemnity agreements, coverage and subrogation issues, and hauler/sub-hauler relations. Our attorneys have represented bus lines, household good carriers, freight forwarders, less than truckload, truckload, tank, dump, drive-away courier carriers as well as various transportation brokers, shippers and insurers.
The firm has acted on behalf of clients dealing with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, as well as various state and local municipalities. Our transportation team is well versed in the federal regulations pertaining to the transportation industry.
Members of our team have attended the Mayflower Transit Inc.’s “Practical Transportation Training Institute for Litigation Attorneys” at the Mayflower Transportation Training Center for Drivers, in Carmel, Ind.; the National Safety Council’s “Defensive Driving Course for Professional Truck Drivers”; and completed training for safe handling and transportation of hazardous materials. Our lawyers also have actual experience operating 18-wheelers.
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