Don’t Let Your Fleet’s Safety Manuals Hurt You in Court
Attorneys targeting trucking companies in liability lawsuits are increasingly using a tactic that often has nothing to do with the facts of the crash that triggered the litigation. When asked by a judge to decide what’s reasonable under the circumstances, many jurors will admit that they have made similar mistakes in the past, explains Doug Marcello, a trucking defense attorney with Saxton and Stump and chief legal officer for Bluewire.