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LITIGATION

Transportation Litigation

The Transportation Litigation group at Roetzel delivers comprehensive legal defense solutions for transportation service providers. Our attorneys swiftly implement and coordinate immediate response teams for catastrophic accidents and manage civil litigation in all federal and state courts.

Our attorneys focus on motor carrier, passenger, air, water, third-party logistics, and rail transportation sectors. Our clients include direct suppliers and users of these services, as well as third-party logistics providers, brokers, insurance specialists, and carriers.

 

  • Address cargo loss and damaged cargo
  • Handle civil litigation
  • Manage damage claims
  • Implement emergency response protocol and services
  • Provide insurance coverage guidance
  • Handle liability defense claims
  • Defend against personal injury claims
  • Provide risk management services
  • Conduct trucking litigation
  • Facilitate freight collection
  • Litigate Carmack disputes
  • Represented major transportation carriers and insurers in local, regional and national liability litigation
  • Represented major transportation carriers in local, regional and national cargo claims litigation
  • Represented railroads in FELA litigation 
  • Serve as coordinated counsel for emergency response protocol for transportation, retail and business clients involving catastrophic accidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Defended truckload carrier companies against claims arising under union collective bargaining agreements and various discrimination claims
  • Retained to represent a large school bus operating company and in various trials involving minor bodily injury and / or property damage from motor vehicle accidents
  • Defended a major transportation carrier against sexual orientation claims involving allegations that an employee was disciplined as a result of his sexual orientation
  • Defended a motorcycle manufacturer against alleged deceptive trade practices and breach of warranty regarding a motorcycle sprocket
  • Represented a global leader in building materials to determine if the company was liable when a rail maintenance crew member died cleaning out a railcar. We obtained summary judgement on behalf of our client
  • Defended a class A railroad in a jury trial involving tresspassing minor whose leg was traumatically amputated
  • Negotiated settlement of a $20 million claim against a publically traded railroad, after the close of discovery, for less than the budgeted amount to defend the case at trial; this case was actively litigated for over four years and was reviewed quarterly by the Railroad's Board of Directors as "material" litigation
Key Contact
Chris Cotter