AAJ Truck Litigation Group

JJ Burns wrote an article recently published in the American Association for Justice’s Truck Litigation Group’s semi-annual newsletter entitled Automated Commercial Vehicles: Developments in 2018. Here is a copy of the article: The use of some automated vehicles, including autonomous CMVs, will almost certainly be commonplace in the future, however, there remain significant technological…

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Jeff Burns Appointed to ABA’s TIPS

Founding partner, Jeff Burns, was appointed to the Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS). This practice section is comprised of attorneys throughout the country who are experts in tort and insurance law. Throughout the year they meet to review and discuss the latest happenings…

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How to Stay Safe While Driving in Construction Zones

With the onset of fall, highway construction crews are out in force to try to complete repairs before winter. Government-contracted construction projects have no sympathy for your commute time, so when weather permits the orange vests are out in full force. Work zones can be a minor inconvenience for civilian drivers, but they can…

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Stay Safe Near Semi-Trucks in Hazardous Winter Weather

If you’ve ever driven through a thunderstorm or a winter flurry, you know how drastically weather can affect the roads. Sometimes even the smallest puddle can cause a traffic accident. Truck drivers should be even more careful when driving through bad weather because of the sheer size of their vehicles, and the danger that…

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Strategies Trucking Companies Use to Avoid Paying Crash Victims

After being in an accident, truck crash victims become very busy, very quickly. In addition to the emotional shake-up, there are phone calls to make, insurance claims to file and often huge medical bills to pay. The stress of the aftermath can be overwhelming. On the other side of the coin, the trucking companies…

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