Landmark trucking case decided in buffalo

Tue, Aug 9th 2022 10:40 pm

A landmark decision affecting the trucking industry nationally was recently made in U.S. Federal Court, the Western District of New York. The Letro Law firm represented the plaintiff in this case.

For the first time, the Graves Amendment, a 9-year-old federal statute protecting car rental and truck companies from liability in operator accidents, was rejected from being used in a civil action against the vehicle’s owner.

Read article from the Buffalo Law Journal here.

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