Articles tagged: #shipper-liability

This is also not as easy as it sounds, since a commercial truck driver does not only drive trucks on the highway. Then there are the hours drivers have to wait at shippers, receivers, warehouses, distribution canters, and terminals loading or offloading goods. This duration is called detention time.

When a truck is involved in an accident, the injured individual may sue not just the driver but the FMCSA coercion rule can also target third parties in the transport chain (in some cases).