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What are we going to cover?
• Big picture • Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Rules • Adjunct issues (night, weather, load) • Accident Reconstruc?on Issues • Approach to Driver Depo/Examina?on • Approach to Safety Director Depo/Examina?on • Approach to Accident Inves?gator/Reconstruc?onist
– Direct and Cross Deposi?on • What about compara?ve fault?
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Big Picture – Kind of LeR Turn Cases
• Intersec?on
• Driveway/Street Pull Out or In
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• Rules of the Road • Society is rules-‐based • The more conserva?ve, the more rules based
• Jurors want to know what rules apply to case • Easier for jurors to find against a rules breaker • Also think Breach of Contract
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• Rules should be: – Easy for jurors to understand – Hard to credibly refute – Violated by defendant – Important enough to be significant
– JOE’s Rules • Preferably comes from source other than ME
• Not Nitpicky (If you nitpick, you lose) • Fair (if not fair, jurors will excuse viola?on)
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• Carrier contracts w/Govt to be allowed to operate – Agrees to follow the FMCSR and State Regs
• Carrier requires driver to sign onto above contract • Driver “contracts” to follow FMCSR/law to get CDL
• Driver “contracts” to follow policies of carrier • Policy manual as contract • Employee manual as contract
• Training manuals as contracts • You get the point
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Where to Find Rules?
• State Statutes and Cases • Federal and State Regula?ons • Jury Charges
– A statement of law read to jury – Creates the language of a case – Liability, causa?on and damages
– Policy Manuals – Schneider, UPS
– JJ Keller Training Videos, Books, Pamphlets FRIED ROGERS GOLDBERG LLC www.thetruckingaNorneys.com
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Focus Today
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• Driver – What are the rules – Did he or she do it right – What excuses are they pu`ng forward – How can I use rules to nail liability, make case bigger than crash, add to my credibility, detract from their credibility, negate compara?ve fault, etc
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• Company – What are their rules – Did they do it right – How is this case about COMPANY failing to follow rules – What should they (we) be able to expect from them/driver?
– What excuses are they pu`ng forward – How can I use rules to nail liability, make case bigger than crash, add to my credibility, detract from their credibility, negate compara?ve fault, etc
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CDL – A LiNle Background
• Each State Publishes – 95+% content mandated FHA • Purpose is to set out what State expects from CDL driver – Trucking 101
• Its not me saying it – by govt for industry • TIP – Get CDL Manual for:
– State where Driver resides – State where collision occurs – State where Defendant Company resides
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GA CDL REVIEW
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INTRO TO SECTION 2
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GA CDL REVIEW – SECTION 2 DRIVING SAFELY
• Vehicle Inspec?on • Basic Control of Vehicle • ShiRing Gears • Seeing • Communica?ng • Space Management • Seeing Hazards • Distracted Driving • Aggressive Driving • Night Driving • Winter Driving
• Railroad Crossings • Mountain Driving • Driving Emergencies • An?lock Braking Systems • Skid Control and Recovery • Accident Procedures • Fires • Alcohol, Drugs, & Driving • Staying Alert & Fit to Drive • Hazardous Materials Rules
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• Idea is to use CDL manual to iden?fy rule(s) violated in case
• Does Driver agree w/Rule? • Does Safety Director agree? • Does Defense expert agree? • Strategically decide
– Whether to show rule – When to show rule
• Depo – early late • Wait for trial?
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• Ask Ques?ons to establish: • Iden?fy the concept as a rule • That it is a basic rule that all drivers/companies are supposed to know and abide
• That driver/company knew this was the rule • Had to know for CDL test • Rule wriNen for drivers, not lawsuits • Fair for jury to hold them to the rule • RULE VIOLATED ! (knowingly, willfully, inten?onally)
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DRIVERS ARE TRAINED TO KNOW IT TAKES OTHER DRIVERS TIME TO PERCEIVE AND REACT – USE IT
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Managing Space
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Distracted Driving
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o Show all the things they have to do to get a license o Show all they have to do daily before they can drive
o INSPECTIONS o Show that they have to know how to do things like
check the adjustment of brakes, etc., that most people do not need to know
o Distinguish them from regular non-CDL drivers to show that it is fair to hold them to a higher standard
o CDL DRIVER = PILOT
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Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual
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Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual
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Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual
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Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual
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Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual
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CMV Preventable Accident Manual
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Professional Driver: • You consider yourself to be a professional • Professional because you earn living on the road
– It is a great privilege to be allowed to earn living on road – With great privilege, Yoda said comes great responsibility
• Professional because lot more training than US – Special driving school – Know how to do all sorts of things (brkes, axles, INSPECTION, etc) – Special tests
• YOU hold self to professional standard (higher?) • FAIR for your ER to hold you up as a professional? • Fair for US to hild you to professional standard?
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Part of being professional is being courteous • Not being a bully in how you drive • Not parking anywhere you want to • Not tailga?ng • Not driving aggressively • Not trying to beat lights • ATTITUDE • Insert what you need from case
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• Being a defensive driver means never star?ng a leR turn unless you KNOW that you can complete that turn without other vehicle ever reaching you – INSERT CDL MANUAL AND OTHER INDUSTRY MATERIAL
– Without any other vehicle having to brake or take other evasive ac?on
– If you cant be certain, you cant turn – You cant hold your breath and turn – You cant expect other drivers to see you – misnomer
– You cant expect other vehicles to avoid you
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RULES – LEFT TURN -‐ DRIVER • CMV Driver must consider op?ons
– Op?on to go to controlled leR turn – Op?on to make three right turns
• Never acceptable for CMV driver to start turn unless can CLEAR all lanes without – Other vehicles reaching them – Other vehicles having to brake or take other evasive ac?on
• If CMV driver is not SURE, cant go. BeNer safe than sorry.
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RULES – LEFT TURN -‐ COMPANY • CMV Driver must consider op?ons
– Op?on to go to controlled leR turn – Op?on to make three right turns
• Never acceptable for CMV driver to start turn unless can CLEAR all lanes without – Other vehicles reaching them – Other vehicles having to brake or take other evasive ac?on
• If CMV driver is not SURE, cant go. BeNer safe than sorry.
• TRAINING – WHAT IS YOUR DUTY?
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Negate Compara?ve Fault • ShiR focus from what the Plain?ff did
• Expect the unexpected • Means driving expecting to encounter __________"• (ice, drunks, young drivers, old drivers, careless drivers, bad drivers, aggressive drivers, Whatever you have in your case)"• YOU DO NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY"
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• LeR Turn Cases are ALWAYS ?me distance cases • Lets discuss how to evaluate ?me distance
• How to address these issues with police and experts and jury
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How to Win Trucking Cases:
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How to Win Trucking Cases:
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How to Win Trucking Cases:
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How to Win Trucking Cases:
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