Joint and several liability is the bane of trucking in Pennsylvania. It exposes a minimally liable trucker to being leveraged into overpaying claims involving a maximally liable four-wheeler that is minimally insured. The principle is disturbingly simple. If a jury finds more than one defendant is responsible for the plaintiff’s injuries, the plaintiff can recover […]
Read More Doug Marcello, Marcello & Kivisto, Transportation, Transportation Law, Trucking, Trucking Law, Trucking Legal NewsPart 2 of our CSA 2010 Changes and Challenges Informative Blog IV. MEANS OF EVALUATION The BASIC scores and percentiles will be used to identify which carriers warrant intervention and what level of intervention is appropriate. They will also be used to determine a carrier’s fitness to operate. The Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) methodology is […]
Read More CSA, CSA 2010, Doug Marcello, Marcello & Kivisto, Transportation, Transportation Law, Trucking, Trucking Law, Trucking Legal NewsCSA 2010 is intended to provide the identification of carrier safety issues in specific areas. It then seeks to provide multiple levels of action to address those issues. It will provide new means and methodology for the measurement, evaluation, and intervention with regard to carrier safety. I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SAFESTAT AND CSA 2010: a. While […]
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