Trucking Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations

Training Provided by Lorman Education Services Jump-start your next case by getting up to date on trucking regulations and litigation tactics. Drug and alcohol testing, CDL standards, driver qualification rules, hours of service, hazardous materials - navigating the labyrinth of trucking regulations and thorny issues is a challenge even for experienced professionals. Maneuvering through this maze in the dark is just setting up yourself - and your clients - for disaster. Find out what you need to succeed in trucking litigation by signing up for this hard-hitting seminar. You'll not only learn the essentials of the federal regulations, but you'll also get winning litigation tactics from our expert panel. Join your peers for this crash course and get the techniques you need to survive - and thrive - in this often daunting field. This seminar will provide: - Guidance on litigating a trucking case - get a road map to winning - Expert advice on D.O.T. safety compliance - Tips on avoiding negligent hiring and retention claims - Strategies for handling disputes over spoliation of evidence - Do's and don'ts on hiring and challenging expert witnesses

Trucking Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am - 10:30 am Avoiding Negligent Hiring and Retention Claims

- Larry D. Henry

- Is a 391.23 Review Sufficient?

- Do You Believe in a 30-Day Grace Period to Conduct a Background Check?

- What Is an Accident?

- Criminal Records - Where to Look

- Proper Use of Arrests and Convictions

Liability Issues for Negligent Hiring

- Insurability of Punitive Damages

10:30 am - 10:45 am Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm Spoliation: The Preservation of Physical and Electronic Evidence

- Lindsay J. McDowell

- The Elements of Spoliation

- The Duty to Preserve Evidence

- Sanctions

- Examples of Spoliation

- Electronic Spoliation

- The Informal Inference of Spoliation to Bias a Jury

- What You Should Do to Preserve Evidence

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (On Your Own)

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm Strategies for Hiring and Challenging Testifying Expert Witnesses

- Andrea Treiber Cutter

- Accident Reconstructionists

- Experts on D.O.T. Compliance

- Human Factors and Other Experts

- Successful Challenges to the Other Side's Experts

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm D.O.T. Safety Compliance

- Robert P. Coffey Jr.

- Driver Management

- Record Keeping

- Training and Safety

- Hours of Service and Logs

About The Training Provider: Lorman Education Services

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