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Lombardi time--being early is the key to effective trucking defense.  

Towing companies are vital to trucking.  They invest in equipment, come out at all hours and in all weather, and keep us rolling.  They are entitled to be fairly compensated.

However, there are times when trucking companies are hit with excessive bills?  What can you do?

Like most other things in trucking--prepare now, act immediately.  Listen to what you need to do.

An independent witness can be key evidence in any accident case.   Think about it--jurors hear conflicting versions from people they don't know.  Someone who doesn't "have a dog in this fight" can tip the balance.  Your driver needs to identify them and get their info immediately after the accident.

Your driver needs to limit what they say after an accident to a bare minimum.  Rarely will they talk themselves out of trouble.  Frequently, they will talk themselves into it.  "Be Quiet!"  The best advice you can give when they call.  

The terrible reality is that slavery is alive today.  Souls awash in a sea of servitude.  Trucking is uniquely positioned to do something.  Truckers Against Trafficking is leading the fight.  Kylla Lanier, Deputy Director, shares what is the extent of the crisis and what companies and drivers can do to save even one soul.

Emergency declaration--they are all too common, from COVID to weather.  Tom Bray shares insight as to how to approach them for the benefit and protection of your company.

Lytx does data.  Learn from it.  Lytx 2020 "State of the Data" shares what the data demonstrates as to the "where", "when", and "what" of trucking risks.  Del Lisk, Lytx VP of Safety Services provides insight from the data as to how you can reduce your risk.  And Del provides some bonus thoughts as to how you and your company can best handle the flow of data.

Where DON'T you want to be sued.  "Judicial Hellholes" are the places the American Tort Reform Assn. says are the worst places to have to defend suits.  ATRA's Lauren Sheets Jarrell reveals the recently released list and the "why" of these jurisdictions, as well as those on the watchlists and those who are "dishonorable mentions".

Trucking's most important issues?  ATRI's Top Trucking Issue Survey for 2020, including breakout of motor carrier and driver Top 10 with the insight of ATRI Pres. & COO Rebecca Brewster.  

This video is about Magna-Juror Post-Pandenic-What will we face in the Courtroom in the post-pandemic world?  How has this impacted jurors perspectives?  Dr. Rachel Colangelo, Magna Legal Services' National Managing Director of Jury Consulting shares what their research has found.

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