Trucking & Transportation

EXPERIENCE

For cases routine and catastrophic, Clement Rivers, LLP’s Trucking and Transportation Practice Group enjoys national recognition for its track record of favorable outcomes in defense of its transportation industry clients in personal injury, property and cargo claims involving:

• Tractor-trailers
• Large transports
• Terminal vehicles
• Port vehicles
• Rail
• Shipping
• Automobiles
• Other forms of mass transport and commercial transportation

KNOWLEDGE & PREVENTION

The group’s attorneys place great emphasis on training. The attorneys themselves participate in industry-sponsored training courses, including extensive tractor-trailer driving courses. The firm then assists clients with routine training on issues including hours of service, accident prevention, driver training and education, background checks for drivers and other operational matters.

To further facilitate their training, the Group’s lawyers are highly active in industry-related trade organizations such as the:

• American Trucking Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
• Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• American Bar Association Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
• Association of Transportation Law and Logistics Policy (ATLLP)

PRACTICAL ADVICE

The group’s attorneys address seemingly small, practical matters that can make a big difference.

• Making sure lawsuits are filed in the correct court
• Advising on whether it is appropriate to make an offer of judgment or how to respond to a time-limit demand for payment
• Determining whether mediation or arbitration are required for a particular claim
• Discovering whether joint and several liability applies to an award of damages
• Affixing the legal rate of interest for an awarding elit.