Articles Tagged with America’s Trucker Shortage

November 29, 2020

Fatal Truck Driver Crash Damages Rejected by Supreme Court

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The Texas Supreme Court ruled against the parents of a man who lost his life driving for an oil company. By doing so, the court raised the bar for other families attempting to be compensated after a fatal truck driver crash.

The court limited families to the paltry funds provided by the Texas Workers Compensation Act. That law sets up an exchange where a limited amount of money is paid to an employee and family in exchange for them giving up the right to sue the company for its negligence.

The Act is the exclusive remedy for on-the-job accidents. However there is an exception if the injury was intentionally caused by the employer and was substantially certain to happen.

April 10, 2019

How America’s Trucker Shortage Is Making Our Highways More Dangerous

by William K. Berenson

We have a serious problem on our interstates that no one is talking about. Trucking companies can’t find enough people who want to drive at the same time truck demand is at an all-time high. Fewer long haul drivers means longer hours for those who are driving. This means more cases of driver fatigue– and more crashes – even though personal injury lawyers are filing more lawsuits to try to make our roads safer.

What is causing America’s trucker shortage?

Even though trucking companies are paying much higher wages due to the trucker shortage, fewer people are wanting to drive big rigs. Industry leaders say they need to find 200,000 truck drivers, but are only able to add 50,000. Truckers are leaving in record numbers with few wanting to take their place.