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TLA Feature Articles and Case Notes
from TLA TTL April 2023
by KellenComm
Endnotes
1 The paper is available for free download at https://instituteforlegalreform.com/research/nuclear-verdicts-trends-causes-and-solutions/.
2 The paper is available for free download at https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ATRI-Nuclear-Verdicts-One-Page-Summary-07-2020.pdf.
3 Diane Injic, The growth of litigation funding and its potential effects on commercial auto insurance: Part one, Verisk, June 10, 2019, available online at: https://www.verisk.com/insurance/visualize/the-growth-of-litigation-funding-and-its-potential-effects-on-commercial-auto-insurance-part-one/.
4 Michael Barry, Rising Litigation Expenses are Driving Up Cost of Insurance, Insurance Information Institute, February 11, 2021, available online at: https://www.iii.org/press-release/triple-i-rising-litigation-expenses-are-driving-up-cost-of-insurance-021121
5 Alex Leslie and Dan Murray, An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking: 2021 Update, American Transportation Research Institute, Nov. 2021.
6 Alex Leslie and Dan Murray, The Impact of Rising Insurance Costs on the Trucking Industry, American Transportation Research Institute, Feb, 2022.
7 Id
8 Claire Evans and Alex Leslie, The Impact of Small Verdicts and Settlements on the Trucking Industry, American Transportation Research Institute, p. 8, Nov. 2021.; Claire Evans and Alex Leslie, The Impact of Rising Insurance Costs on the Trucking Industry, American Transportation Research Institute, Feb. 2022.
9 Nora Freeman Engstrom, “Run-of-the-Mill Justice”, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, vol. 22, p. 1485, 2009, available online at: https://law.stanford.edu/publications/run-of-the-mill-justice/
10 Id. at p. 1507.
11 Claire Evans and Alex Leslie, The Impact of Small Verdicts and Settlements on the Trucking Industry, American Transportation Research Institute, Nov. 2021, p. 11.
12 Id
13 Id. at 23.
14 Id
15 Id. at 24.
16 “The injury type ‘severe’ was a keyword mined from case descriptions where a sustained injury incurred high levels of medical care.” Id. at p. 27.
17 Id. at 13.
18 Id. at 14.
19 Judicial Hellholes 2022-2023, The American Tort Reform Foundation, 2022, available online at: https://www.judicialhellholes.org/reports/2022-2023/2022-2023-executive-summary/.
20 Id
21 Id. at 22–23.
22 Id. at 15.
23 Id
24 Id. at 27.
25 Id. at 18.
26 Id. at 19.
27 Id. at 28–29.
28 Id. at 30.
29 Id. at 30–31.
30 Id. at 20.
31 These cases involved generic allegations of negligence where no law was violated by the professional driver. Id. at 20.
32 Id. at 21.
33 Dan Murray, Nathan Williams and Erin Speltz, Understanding the Impact of Nuclear Verdicts on the Trucking Industry, American Transportation Research Institute, June. 2020, available online at https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ATRI-Nuclear-Verdicts-One-Page-Summary-07-2020.pdf.
34 Id. at 38.
35 Id
36 Id. at 38–39.
37 Id. at 41.
38 Id. at 39.
