As fatalities involving heavy trucks have increased since the pandemic, leaders of Pennsylvania’s defense and plaintiffs bars are ramping up efforts to share resources for litigating cases involving commercial transportation companies.

In Pennsylvania, the volume of fatalities that resulted from an accident involving a heavy truck has trended downward in recent years, from 162 in 2016 to a five-year low in 2020 of 122, according to annual data published by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. However, in 2021, they started to reverse course, reaching a total of 156.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]