Trucking and Transportation
South Carolina injury, property, and cargo damage claim counsel
Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s Trucking and Transportation Practice Group is recognized nationally for favorable outcomes in its defense of clients with personal injury, property, and cargo damage cases in litigation involving:
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The group handles cases ranging from the routine to the catastrophic and is skilled in the various phases of discovery and effective trial techniques, including the effective use of expert testimony as to causation issues, accident reconstruction, and highway safety.
Specific industry knowledge
To better understand the issues facing its clients, the group's attorneys participate in industry-sponsored training courses, including tractor-trailer driving courses where the attorneys learn the basics of driving, backing, turning, stopping, and maneuvering tractor trailers and the proper loading and unloading of the vehicles. This practical approach allows the group to better defend its clients and to reach outcomes favorable to those clients.
The firm also assists clients in proactively addressing issues that can prevent claims from occurring in the first place. Group attorneys routinely advise clients on issues including hours of service, accident prevention, driver training and education, background checks for drivers and other operational matters.
The Group's lawyers are highly active in industry-related trade organizations such as the:
- American Trucking Association
- Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- American Bar Association Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
- Association of Transportation Law and Logistics Policy (ATLLP)
The firm is a member of the nationally recognized ALFA International Trucking and Transportation Group, through which group attorneys interact with non-lawyer members of the transportation industry to benchmark issues common to the group's clients.
Practical advice
The group’s attorneys address seemingly small, practical matters that can make a big difference, such as:
- Making sure lawsuits are filed in the correct court
- Advising on whether it is appropriate to make an offer of judgment or how to respond to a time-limit demand for payment
- Determining whether mediation or arbitration are required for a particular claim
- Discovering whether joint and several liability applies to an award of damages
- Affixing the legal rate of interest for an award
Practice group attorneys
- Duke R. Highfield, Chair
- Stephen L. Brown
- Russell G. Hines
- Brandt R. Horton
- Benjamin A. Traywick
- Jeffrey J. Wiseman
Articles and case studies
- ALFA International Transportation Update Spring 2010
- South Carolina Court Sets Dangerous Precedent in Refusing to Strike Potentially Biased Juror by Duke R. Highfield, Esquire and Ben A. Traywick, Esquire.
- Tenant's lack of privacy expectation in common area stymies suit against landlord
- South Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Restatement’s Negligent Entrustment
- Important Decision Regarding Hours of Service Recently Issued
- SC Supreme Court Sets Forth Additional Guidelines For Truck Drivers Seeking Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP
To talk to one of Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s seasoned South Carolina advocates, call 843-577-4000 or contact the firm online.
