For nearly two decades, the principals of Lock Gordon have been called upon to defend motor carriers, shippers, brokers, and third-party logistic companies in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in the most challenging venues in the country. These cases predominantly involved seven to nine figure settlement demands.
Our clients range from local and regional motor carriers to multi-national transportation companies. We have represented the world’s largest parcel delivery company as its “core” or national counsel in over 40 states and are regularly retained by excess insurers to monitor and litigate high exposure trucking cases. Insurers frequently request that we “parachute” into existing litigation, often on the eve of trial.
As lead trial counsel, we manage catastrophic losses and high-value claims from the initial investigation, often within hours of an event, through trial. We maintain an on-call, 24/7 emergency-response “Go Team” to quickly respond to commercial motor vehicle accidents wherever and whenever they occur.
Representative trucking cases that we have defended include:
We stay one step ahead of the Plaintiffs’ bar and stand ready to counter their strategies aimed at demonizing the trucking industry, such as arguments for heightened standards of care, claims of corporate negligence, misapplication of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and reliance on the “Reptile Theory”. Lock Gordon attorneys are there, steadfastly and skillfully defending those who deliver essential products and services to our communities.