Lawyer suggests $10M liability if driving in “hellholes”

BRAMPTON, ON — Runaway jury verdicts over the last five years are hitting even the safest motor carriers, warns a New England transportation lawyer.

Brian Del Gatto, co-chair of Wilson Elser’s transportation, cargo and logistics practice, says that over the last five years he’s seen an average of six verdicts per year in excess of $10 million. In most of these cases, the plaintiff’s lawyer has nearly everything to gain, and almost nothing to lose, Del Gatto told guests at a customer appreciation day for Northbridge Insurance on Thursday. …Read the rest of this story

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