Transportation Litigation - Litigation

Transportation Litigation

SmithAmundsen offers experienced, proactive counsel, skilled in a wide range of commercial transportation issues. We provide comprehensive and cost-effective litigation and consulting services for self-insured transportation companies, insurers, and insureds. We provide each client with expedient case analysis, a thorough litigation plan, and practical identiﬁcation of a resolution path.

Our attorneys are experienced in defending personal injury, property loss, cargo loss and damage, subrogation, workers compensation, and commercial claims in the ﬁelds of trucking, maritime, railroad, and aviation. Attorneys in the commercial transportation practice group have tried hundreds of cases to verdict in multiple jurisdictions.

In addition to defending lawsuits, our lawyers provide risk avoidance counseling and handle regulatory compliance issues involving all aspects of marine, aviation, rail, commercial carriers, and trucking. SmithAmundsen attorneys offer the experience and expertise necessary to tailor legal solutions to meet each client’s needs.

Columnist, “Legally Thinking,” The Waybill: “Additional Insured Coverage — Another Way to Protect Your Business,” (February 2010); “Killing Me Softly — The End of Indemnification in Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts (Almost),” (October 2009); “An Expansion of Broker Liability,” (August 2009).

Moderator and Panelist, “The Lesser of Two Evils? What to do with Preventability Determinations and In House Post Accident Investigation,” 2010 USLAW Seminar, Transportation Track, Miami Beach, FL, April 2009.

Co-author, “Post Accident Investigation and Preventability Determinations Best Practices” 2010 USLAW Seminar, April 2009.

Panelist, “Economy and Efficiency: Strategies and Solutions – A Little Preparation Now Can Reduce Future Risks – Not So Common Tools,” International Warehouse Logistics Association, Annual Convention and Expo, San Diego, CA, March 8, 2010.

Co-author, “Being Prepared – Some Alternative Considerations for Minimizing Risk, Protecting Your Company and Doing Business Just a Little Bit Better,” International Warehouse Logistics Association, March 2010.

Speaker, "Keeping Up with the Millennials – The Use and Ramifications of Technology," DRI Trucking Law Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, February 5, 2010.

Co-author, "Keeping Up with the Millennials -- The Use and Ramifications of Technology," DRI Trucking Law Seminar, Defense Practice Seminar Course Materials, pp.165 - 194, February 2010.

Author, "The Department of Transportation Agrees to New Hours of Service Rulemaking," Transportation E Brief, November 16, 2009.

Speaker, "Transportation Accident Investigation — Immediate Response & Forensics," IWLA 2009 Safety & Risk Conference, Rosemont, IL, November 12, 2009.

Author, "Illinois Clarifies Insurance Coverage for Motor Carriers and Their Permissive Users," Transportation E Brief, November 3, 2009.

Co-presenter, "Your Company: Limit Unnecessary and Financial and Liability Exposures in 2010," SmithAmundsen client seminar, Oak Brook, IL, October 27, 2009.

Co-authors, "Trucking Policyholder's Duty to Preserve Coverage," DRI Trucking Law Committee, 2009.

Featured Guest, "Rapid Response: Best Practices," USLAW Radio, December 2008.

Presenter, "Responding to Catastrophic Loss: Lessons Learned from the Aviation Industry," USLAW Network Fall Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, 2008.

Co-authors, "Airport Commercial Ground Transportation Programs Survey of Law" Airport Cooperative Research Program's Legal Research Digest 3, July 2008.

Section Co-author, "ABA's Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee's Spoliation of Evidence, A State by State Summary," Wisconsin Chapter, 2008.

Co-author, "Survey of Laws and Regulations of Airport Commercial Ground Transportation," ACRP Program 11-01, "Legal Aspects of Airport Regulations." Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., July 2008.

Program Moderator, "Transportation," USLAW Client Conference, Miami, FL, March 2008.

Presenter, Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association Products Liability Committee, Chicago, February 22, 2008.

Presenter, "We Did It Right, Why Did It Go Wrong?," PRIMA 2007 Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007.

Co-author, "Electronic Media Discovery Applications to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26," American Trucking Association Forum for Motor Carrier General Counsels, August 2007.

Panelist and Lecturer, “Spoliation of Evidence and Electronic Discovery in the Transportation Industry,” Machinery Haulers Association, Bettendorf, Iowa, 2007.

Presenter, “Responding to the ‘Bet the Farm’ Case,” Machinery Haulers Association, Easton, MD, February 2007.

Section Co-author, "ABA's Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee's Punitive Damages Compendium," Indiana Chapter, 2007.