Transportation

Transportation-related losses trigger an immediate need for experienced counsel to investigate a claim, preserve evidence, and defend a claim if a suit is filed. Morrison Mahoney’s team of seasoned transportation attorneys brings decades of experience in defending and investigating transportation related matters, providing effective Rapid Emergency Response when facing a significant loss or notice of a claim or suit.

Rapid Emergency Response Team
The Morrison Mahoney Rapid Emergency Response Team is available for transportation-related accidents anywhere from Pennsylvania to Maine.  Our team quickly responds to your call and retains accident reconstructionists, field adjusters, cargo loss adjusters, and investigators who preserve necessary data and logs, inform important decisions, and solidify cases. Our team works collectively with transportation companies and their drivers to capture physical evidence, witness statements, and other items before they are lost. Our high caliber transportation attorneys use all of this information to appropriately counsel our clients.

Defending Transportation Claims
Our team of transportation attorneys works zealously to investigate the allegations of all parties involved, develop defenses, and determine the best path forward for our clients. Our work with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) provides a unique familiarity with crucial standards and best practices that apply to transportation companies and their drivers. Our attorneys have prepared and defended hundreds of drivers and operators, company safety managers, and terminal managers for depositions. We are armed with a team of superb expert consultants who analyze evidence and applicable regulations, standards, and best practices to form opinions.  We are well-equipped to dissect a plaintiff’s claim, identify viable defenses and risk transfer opportunities, propose resolution strategies, and litigate to obtain a favorable verdict whether by dispositive motion, negotiated settlement, mediation, or at trial.

The firm’s attorneys serve as directors, officers, faculty, and active members of national and international transportation defense organizations. They have decades of experience analyzing facts, data, and other information to appropriately counsel our clients.

Please contact any of our transportation law attorneys to determine whether we can assist you with your legal matter.