Texas Trucking Defense and Litigation

We have moved our Texas Trucking Defense blog ...

The new address is:

Castagna Scott LLP — Insurance Defense and Trucking Blog

Make sure you bookmark the address, to obtain updated information regarding defense of trucking lawsuits throughout the State of Texas.  We'll also cover the following subjects:

• Trucking and transportation accidents
• Dram shop and liquor liability
• Products liability
• Construction defects
• Construction accidents
• HOA litigation
• Automobile accidents
• Premises liability
• Ladder design and defects
• Racetrack accidents and litigation
• Fitness center and gym litigation
• Bicycle accidents
• Motorcycle accidetns
• Swimming pool safety and defects
• Fabric flammability litigation
• Oilfield negligence
• Employment matters
• Professional malpractice
• Bad faith litigation
• General liability

 

States beginning to restrict truck traffic

USA Today recently published a story discussing how many states are banning big trucks from specific lanes of highways:

Florida has already taken action, banning big trucks from the far left lane of Interstate 4 on a 60-mile stretch between Tampa and Orlando. Stretches of I-75 and I-95 elsewhere in Florida have similar restrictions. Elsewhere:

•Georgia, where truck traffic is likely to grow by more than 50% over the next 20 years, is considering truck-only toll lanes on parts of I-75 northwest of Atlanta and on a 20-mile stretch of the I-285 beltway that surrounds the city.

•Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are using a $5 million federal grant to study adding truck-only lanes on I-70 from Kansas City to Columbus, Ohio.

•California, Arizona, Texas and the Gulf Coast states will use a similar grant to study segregating truck and automobile traffic on stretches of I-10.

•Tennessee is eyeing truck-only lanes on I-40.

ABA Transportation Megaconference VIII

The ABA Transportation Megaconference is going to take place in New Orleans March 8-9.  It is one of the premier trucking defense seminars in the country.

Lynn Castagna from our firm will be attending.