Transportation & Truck Product Liability

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1 THE HARMONIE GROUP Transportation & Truck Product Liability Attorneys in Select States Tim Violet, Executive Director (651) February 2006

2 ALABAMA Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner Financial Center, Suite th Street North Birmingham, AL (205) Fax (205) Website ALABAMA The firm of Norman, Wood, Kendrick, and Turner, has defended hundreds of suits involving trucks and heavy vehicles involving personal injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, and product liability. We participate in The Harmonie Group 24 Hour Response service. We provide advice to clients immediately after accidents to gather and preserve evidence and to develop theories of defense and mitigation where appropriate. Clients include trucking companies, owner/operators, common carriers, lessors, insurers, original equipment manufacturers, self insureds, and TPA's. We represent Birmingham/Jefferson County Transit Authority, Metro Area Express, Schwan s, and Ryder System, Inc. William C. Wood (205) ALASKA DeLisio Moran Geraghty & Zobel, P.C. 943 West 6th Avenue Anchorage, AK (907) Fax (907) Website ALASKA For over 25 years, the firm s practice has been devoted exclusively to litigation and trial practice before various administrative forums and state and federal courts. Mr. Geraghty and other attorneys in the firm have extensive experience in accident litigation, including product liability, insurance coverage, personal injury and wrongful death defense. Michael C. Geraghty (907) mgeraghty@dmgz.com 1

3 ARIZONA The Cavanagh Law Firm, P.A N. Central Avenue Suite 2400 Phoenix, AZ (602) Fax (602) ARIZONA The firm has extensive experience in trucking accident litigation as well as personal injury and wrongful death defense. The firm's insurance defense/trucking defense group has tried well over 500 jury trials, which includes personal injury and trucking accident cases. In addition, the firm's members are often contacted to provide advice to trucking companies regarding accidents immediately after accidents have occurred. This ensures that the claim is defended properly, almost from the moment the accident occurs. In addition, the firm has defended claims of airbrake failure, wheel loss, loss of load, and violation of state and federal regulations. The firm has defended a number of clients in trucking accident litigation, including United Parcel Service, US Express, Otto Trucking, and Majesty Transportation, among others. In addition, the firm represents such insurance companies as State Farm, Liberty Mutual, AMEX Assurance, and California Casualty, to name a few. Further, the firm has represented self-insured trucking companies. Frank Fox (602) ffox@cavanaghlaw.com Scott Salmon (602) ssalmon@cavanaghlaw.com Thomas C. Hall (602) thall@cavanaghlaw.com 2

4 ARKANSAS Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A Regions Center 400 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR (501) Fax (501) Website ARKANSAS Robert "Skip" Henry (501) Mr. Henry has done product liability defense as a major part of his practice for over 20 years. He has represented major automotive manufacturers, truck manufacturers, machine manufacturers, and chemical manufacturers, among others. He has tried numerous cases to jury verdict wins. Clients include GM, Kenworth, Volvo, IH, Ceiba Geigy, and others. 3

5 CALIFORNIA Burnham Brown 1901 Harrison Street PO Box 119 Oakland, CA (510) Fax (510) Website CALIFORNIA Burnham Brown represents a wide variety of clients in the transportation industry, including motor carriers, inter-modal and maritime shippers, motor coach and bus companies, freight system manufacturers and automobile manufacturers. This experience includes defense of serious injury and wrongful death litigation and cargo cases. In addition, the firm represents clients in transportation product liability litigation, commercial disputes, warranty and design claims and regulatory compliance. The product related actions include cases involving component parts, such as wheels, air brakes, electronic controls, refrigeration and steering devices. A representative sample of transportation clients serviced by Burnham Brown includes: Swift Transportation, Wallace Transport, Millwood Trucking, Shell Oil, North Bay Corporation, John Deere, Ingersoll-Rand, Borg Warner, Monroe, Penske Truck Leasing, Teledyne, Fluor Corporation, Applied Materials, Hobart, Watkins Trucking, Maru Petroleum; Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Tab Transportation. Jury verdict wins include Chayrez v. Kings County Truck Lines (Alameda County); Medina v. Ralph Pipkin Trucking (Stanislaus County) Tom Downey (510) tdowney@burnhambrown.com Manning, Marder, Kass, Ellrod & Ramirez, LLP 660 South Figueroa 23rd Floor, Figueroa Tower Los Angeles, CA (213) Fax (213) The attorneys at Manning & Marder defend transportation related claims/suits, accident cases, person injury matters, and product liability cases for corporations, haulers, transportation companies, freight carriers, and respective insurance companies: among their many clients is Frito Lay. Jeffrey M. Lenkov, Esq. (213) jml@mmker.com James Saunders (213) jfs@mmker.com 4

6 CALIFORNIA, cont. Spile, Siegal, Leff & Goor, LLP Encino Executive Plaza, Suite Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA (818) Fax (818) Website Spile & Siegal, which is a member of the 24 Hour Response Team of The Harmonie Group, has defended numerous personal injury claims arising from trucking accidents, in both the state and federal courts. Clients include Kingsway, The Pep Boys, and others. David Gonor (818) dgonor@spile-siegal.com Floyd J. Siegal (818) fsiegal@spile-siegal.com COLORADO Cooper & Clough PC 1512 Larimer Street Suite 600 Denver, CO (303) Fax (303) COLORADO Members of Cooper & Clough have been representing trucking companies and other carriers, either as self insureds, or through insurance companies directly, or through TPA s for all types of claims, injuries, and losses. Representative clients include Lafarge North America, Lafarge West Inc., Western Mobile, Transport Services Company, Atlas Van Lines, Baird Trucking, Knight Transportation Company, Lancer Insurance Company, Fleming and Hall, Schwan s, Covenant Transportation Inc., among others. John E. Clough (303) jclough@cooper-clough.com Paul Faraci (303) pfaraci@cooper-clough.com Larry S. McClung (303) lmcclung@cooper-clough.com 5

7 CONNECTICUT Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & Deluca, LLP 80 Fourth Street PO Box 3057 Stamford, CT (203) Fax (203) Website CONNECTICUT Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & Deluca defends personal injury and wrongful death cases on behalf of trucking companies. In addition to trucking, the firm has significant experience in other areas of transportation litigation, including the defense of claims against freight and passenger rail carriers. Clients include International Paper, Volunteer Express, Guaranteed Overnight Delivery (G.O.D.), Progressive, CNA Motor Transport, Klingshirn & Sons Trucking, RLI Transportation, and D&L Tractor Trailer. The firm has resolved numerous transportation and trucking cases in state and federal court via trial, mediation and arbitration as well as several defense verdicts obtained on behalf of Metro- North Commuter Railroad Company in train/truck collisions, train/pedestrian accidents, and grade crossing accidents. Robert C.E. Laney (203) Michael T. Ryan (203)

8 DELAWARE Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, LLP The Corporate Plaza 800 Delaware Ave., P.O. Box 410 Wilmington, DE (302) Fax (302) DELAWARE Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, which is a member of the 24 Hour Response Team of The Harmonie Group, has defended several personal injury claims arising from accidents involving trucks. Laurence V. Cronin (302) lcronin@skfdelaware.com Robert J. Katzenstein (302) rjk@skfdelaware.com FLORIDA FLORIDA Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A. One Financial Plaza, 9th Floor 100 Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 900 Fort Lauderdale, FL (954) Fax (954) Bunnell Woulfe has been defending transportation companies since the 1970's. During that time we have represented clients in a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases arising out of trucking accidents. We have also defended numerous transportation product liability cases arising out of alleged lighting, braking, fuel, and tire defects. Our clients have included Schwan's Food, Ford Motor Company, Daimler Chrysler Insurance, Emerson Electric, Textron, Inc, and Publix Supermarkets. For information with respect to jury verdicts, please contact John Campbell at Bunnell Woulfe. John A. Campbell, Associate (954) jac@bunnellwoulfe.com Charles A. Morehead (954) cam@bunnellwoulfe.com 7

9 FLORIDA, cont. Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A. 20 North Orange Avenue Suite 1500, P.O. Box 712 Orlando, FL (407) Fax (407) Ren Werrenrath and several of the partners of the firm have handled literally hundreds of trucking cases involving both collisions and product liability matters over the last 25 years. The firm currently has cases that range from wrongful death arising out of truck collisions, to products liability cases resulting from such things as drive shafts coming apart and bed up cases involving dump trucks. In addition they are the 24 hour response firm for several trucking companies that need accident reconstruction assistance immediately after a truck accident. The firm has represented many trucking companies and businesses with huge truck fleets, such as Hughes Supply, Inc., Pence Land Materials, Evans Delivery, Tropical Auto Transportation, Performance Food Group, Landstar, and Indian River Transport. The firm has successfully defended many trucking cases, involving both collisions and product defects, including a defense verdict in a brain damage case involving a truck without an under ride guard. Reinald Werrenrath, III (407) rwerrenrath@fisherlawfirm.com 8

10 FLORIDA, cont. Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz & Williams, P.A Centre Pointe Boulevard, Suite 200 P.O. Box Tallahassee, FL (850) Fax (850) Website Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz & Williams, P.A., has represented numerous trucking companies in personal injury and wrongful death litigation for the past 20+ years throughout north Florida, including the I-10 corridor. We have represented both insurance carriers and selfinsured companies in the defense of major and minor accident claims, including numerous wrongful death suits. We have designated attorneys and experts available to respond immediately to the scene of an accident in order to preserve evidence and assist clients in the aftermath of an accident. Representative clients include R&L Transfers, Inc., Anderson-Columbia Co., Inc., Sandco, Inc., CNA Insurance Companies, and Western World Insurance Company. Thomas J. Guilday (850) Mary K. Simpson (850)

11 GEORGIA Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP 880 West Peachtree Street P.O. Box 7600 Atlanta, GA (404) Fax (404) GEORGIA Drew, Eckl & Farnham partners have extensive experience advising and defending trucking companies, truck manufacturers and their insurers in matters involving road accidents, alleged product defects, insurance coverage and cargo claims. Over the past 20 years these claims have often involved catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Our lawyers are active in state and national defense organizations including the American Bar Association TIPS Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, Defense Research Institute Commercial Transportation Committee and the Trucking Industry Defense Association. Representative clients include: Wal-Mart, Inc., Millis Transfer, Inc., Marten Transport, Inc., C.R. England, Inc., Averitt Express, McLane Company, Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., R&L Carriers, and numerous insurance carriers that insure transportation risks. Jury verdict wins include: Verner v. Transport South, Inc. (overturned tractor trailer - Plaintiff recovers 10% of requested recovery); Gail Pope v. Wilson Trucking Corporation and James R. Hughes (lane change, multiple vehicle accident defense verdict); Vivian D. Walker and Howard A. Walker, Jr. v. Ingles Markets, Inc., Thomas & Howard Company, Inc. d/b/a Ingles Markets, Inc. and Larry Wayne Garrett (rear end collision, mis-adjusted brakes liability admitted, tried for two weeks on punitive damages defense verdict on punitives); Parker v. R&L Carriers and Continental Ins. Co. (intersection underride collision - death case - defense verdict affirmed on appeal). Paul W. Burke (404) pburke@deflaw.com Hall F. McKinley, III (404) hmckinley@deflaw.com Steven A. Miller (404) smiller@deflaw.com Randy Moody (404) rmoody@deflaw.com Bruce Taylor (404) btaylor@deflaw.com 10

12 HAWAII Yamamura & Shimazu Central Pacific Plaza Suite 1770, 220 S. King Street Honolulu, HI (808) Fax (808) HAWAII Paul T. Yamamura (808) IDAHO IDAHO Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, P.A. 702 West Idaho, Suite 700 Key Financial Center Boise, ID (208) Fax (208) Hall, Farley Oberrecht and Blanton has represented trucking and transportation insurers since the firm was founded. We have extensive experience defending trucking and transportation claims and truck/trailer design and manufacturing claims. We have defended brake failure cases, claimed driver error cases, negligent loading claims and are familiar with the CFR s governing the trucking industry. Representative clients include AIG, Continental Western Insurance Company, Werner Enterprises, Western Trailers, Schwan s, Arlo G. Lott Trucking, CNA and other insurers. We are members of the 24 Hour Response Group within the Harmonie Group. In addition to Donald J. Farley, inquiries can be directed to Raymond Powers of the firm. Donald J. Farley (208) djf@hallfarley.com 11

13 ILLINOIS Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL (312) Fax (312) Website ILLINOIS Robert T. Varney (309) Mr. Robert Varney has successfully handled numerous trucking cases including wrongful death actions on behalf of trucking firms. They also represent Amtrak on a variety of cases including wrongful death. As part of the Harmonie Rapid Response Unit, they are prepared to handle accident investigations on short notice. Clients include Amtrak, Zurich North America, Liberty Mutual, Acme Trucking, Grand Rapids Transport, Inc., and Ravens Trucking. 12

14 INDIANA Locke Reynolds LLP 201 North Illinois Street, Suite 1000 P.O. Box Indianapolis, IN (317) Fax (317) INDIANA Locke Reynolds is the premier automotive industry product liability and warranty litigation firm in Indiana. The chair of our Product and Manufacturing practice group, Randy Riggs, a member of DRI's Board of Directors and a former chair of the prestigious DRI Product Liability Committee. Mr. Milliken, another member of the Motor Carrier Group, is a former president of DRI. The Locke Reynolds Motor Carrier Group provides comprehensive business and litigation services for insured and self-insured commercial carriers, including common and private carriers, lessors and lessees, owners/operators, shippers, brokers and their insurers. Representation in state and federal courts generally takes the form of defending clients in litigation of personal injury, wrongful death, property damage and cargo loss claims. Locke Reynolds has a 24-Hour Emergency Response Team that includes not only Locke Reynolds Motor Carrier Group members, but independent adjusters, two private investigators who are retired police officers, and accident reconstructionists. Clients include Republic Services, Inc., Baldwin & Lyons, Comcar Industries, Vitran Trucking, Frontier Trucking, Tango Transportation, Kingsway Trucking, Wal-Mart, RLI Transport, AI Transport and Markel Insurance Company, and many automobile manufacturers including Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Kia. As to truck product liability clients, Locke Reynolds represents several heavy duty truck manufacturers including International Truck and Engine Corp. (formerly Navistar), Paccar, GM when it was manufacturing heavy duty trucks, and White through its insurer. Jury verdict wins include Chandler v. Wal-Mart; Johnson Circuit Court, Cause No. 41C CT (Wrongful death of 16-year old plaintiff. Defense verdict, and recovery of truck driver s lost wages); Damita James v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; Marion Superior Court; Cause No. 49D CT-840 (Defense verdict in rear-end accident). Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr. (317) lmilliken@locke.com Nicholas C. Pappas (317) npappas@locke.com Randall R. Riggs (317) rriggs@locke.com Mark J. Roberts (317) mroberts@locke.com 13

15 IOWA Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. 100 Court Avenue Suite 600 Des Moines, IA (515) Fax (515) Website IOWA Each of the following firm members has extensive experience in various aspects of corporate defense/insurance defense litigation, including personal injury and property damage litigation, Products Liability, Automobile and Trucking liability claims. Representative clients include Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation; Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.; Ice Cream Specialties, Inc.; Ryder Truck; and insured claims through insurance coverages provided through Markel Insurance Company of Canada as well as Crawford & Company. David H. Luginbill (515) David H. Luginbill was born in South Bend, Indiana, on January 31, He received his B.A. in 1973 from the University of Iowa and his J.D. with honors in 1976 from Drake University. At Drake he was a member of Order of the Coif, National Order of the Barristers, National Moot Court Team, and Case Notes Editor of the Drake University Law Review, He was admitted to the Iowa Bar in He is the Chair of the Firm's General Litigation department. He is also an authorized Mediator of the American Academy of ADR attorneys. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, Defense Research Institute, the Iowa Defense Counsel, Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations Randy H. Stefani (515) rstefani@ahlerslaw.com Randall H. Stefani was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He received his B.A. in Business in 1978 and his J.D. with distinction in 1981 from the University of Iowa. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1980 and was admitted to the Iowa Bar in He is a member of the Firm's General Litigation and Education Law departments. He is a member of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors ), the Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations, and is a fellow in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. 14

16 IOWA, cont. Steve L. Serck (515) Steven L. Serck was born in Rock Valley, Iowa, on March 7, He attended the University of Northern Iowa (B.A., with highest honors, 1986) and received his J.D. (with high distinction) from the University of Iowa in He is a member of the Order of the Coif and was admitted to the Iowa Bar in He is a member of the Firm's General Litigation and Local Government Law and Employment Law departments. He is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the Iowa Defense Counsel, Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. He has served as chair of the Public Relations Committee of the Polk County Bar Association since He is the author of Taylor v. Wiebold and Rules of Civil Procedure 48 and 55: Do Statutes of Limitations Still Matter in Iowa? 73 Iowa L. Rev. 975 (1988). James R. Wainwright (515) jwainwright@ahlerslaw.com James R. Wainwright was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 3, He received his B.A. in 1992 from Boston College and his J.D. (with honors) from Drake University Law School in While in law school, he clerked for the Honorable Scott D. Rosenberg of the Polk County District Court and also completed a prosecutor internship with the Polk County Attorney's Office. He was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1999 and is a member of the General Litigation department of the Firm. He is a member of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association, and the Polk County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations. KANSAS KANSAS Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered PO Box Overland Park, KS (913) Fax (913) Barry E. Warren (913) bew@wsabe.com 15

17 KENTUCKY Stites & Harbison, PLLC 1800 Aegon Center 400 West Market Street Louisville, KY (502) Fax (502) Website KENTUCKY Members of Stites & Harbison have a wealth of experience handling litigation arising from motor vehicle accidents, including accidents involving trucking companies. Their experience includes the handling of wrongful death, personal injury, property damage and cargo claims for regional and national carriers. The firm has defended claims involving complicating factors, including airbrake failure, wheel loss, loss of load or imbalanced load, and violation of federal or state transportation regulations. The firm has represented a number of self-insured trucking companies and insurance companies in the defense of claims asserted against trucking companies. Representative clients include J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., North American Van Lines, Inc., Tyson Foods, Inc., Emerson Electric, K & R Express Systems, Global Intermodel Logistics, Bestway Trucking, Inc., American International Group (AIG), Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Shelter Insurance Companies, Great West Casualty Company and Connecticut Specialty Company. The firm has also represented Mack Trucks, Fruehauf Trailers, and other manufacturers in product liability actions and Emerson Electric in accidents involving its captive fleet. Matt Breetz (502) mbreetz@stites.com Marjorie Farris (502) mfarris@stites.com John L. Tate (502) jtate@stites.com 16

18 LOUISIANA Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC 333 Texas Street, Suite 1700 P.O. Box Shreveport, LA (318) Fax (318) Website LOUISIANA The firm represents truck lines, such as Central Freight Lines, Inc., Roadway Express, Inc., and Duncan Thompson Petroleum, Inc. They also represent GM as local counsel and have handled GM fire claims, as well as seatbelt and airbag cases. They represent Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, as well as Cooper Tire Company, in tire-related product claims. They also represent several insurers which write coverage for trucking firms. Clients, in addition to the above, include Davison Transport, Inc., OneBeacon Insurance Group, CGU, and America First Insurance Company, Central Freight Lines, Inc., Roadway Express, Inc., General Motors Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Cooper Tire Company, Clarendon National Insurance Company, Deep South Surplus Company, American Airlines, Auto Convoy, Contract Trucking, Inc., Haul Risk Management, Inc., UPS, and related subsidiaries. Truck product case clients include International Truck and Engine Corporation, Vanliner, and Cannon Express Corporation. We have several noted jury verdict wins, in our most recent trial of this nature; we successfully defended Goodyear in a wrongful death and survival action case. The trial lasted three weeks, resulting in a defense verdict. In Mathews v. Arkla Lubricants, Plaintiffs brought wrongful deaths claims arising out of an auto-truck accident which killed four people and unborn child. Driver was operating truck without CDL license and issues involved actions of our driver and preemption of intersection. Seven figure demand before trial and judgment for the defendants. Lee H. Ayres (318) ayres@cykg.com Sidney E. Cook, Jr. (318) cook@cykg.com Brian A. Homza (318) homzab@cykg.com Mr. Homza has represented commercial carriers for fifteen years, including commercial trucking accidents and chemical spills, and has done insurance litigation since John T. Kalmbach (318) kalmbacj@cykg.com Mr. Kalmbach has several years of experience defending product cases for a truck manufacturer. He has several years of experience defending insurance issues in coverage. 17

19 LOUISIANA, cont. Sutterfield & Webb, L.L.C. 650 Poydras Center Suite 2715 New Orleans, LA (504) Fax (504) Daniel A. Webb (504) Cell (504) Home (504) Dan Webb has handled transportation cases ranging from small accidents to multi-vehicle pile-ups. The injuries have ranged from minor injuries to paraplegia. Mr. Webb has also handled death cases. Representative clients include Quality Carriers, Inc, and insureds such as Jubilee Foods, Dupre Transportation and Venture Transport. MAINE MAINE Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, P.C 477 Congress Street, 5 th Floor Portland, ME Tel: Fax Webite Transportation is one of the core industries serviced by attorneys at Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, P.C. Our clients include vehicle manufacturers, motor carriers, companies that transport their own goods and materials, and the insured s of numerous insurance carriers. Members of the firm have successfully defended a variety of product liability actions and vehicular accident cases that resulted in personal injury or death, property damage and cargo loss. Representative clients include Paccar, Inc., Mitsubishi Motors, Great West Casualty Company, Freightliner Group, Volvo Group, Tyson Foods, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Consolidated Freightways Corp., Marriott International Inc., and General Motors Corporation. Brain P. Voke (617) Bvoke@campbell-trial-lawyers.com 18

20 MAINE Sulloway & Hollis, PLLC 9 Capitol Street P.O. Box 1256 Concord, NH (603) Fax (603) Website The Sulloway & Hollis firm has extensive experience in handling transportation cases and has handled numerous matters at suit, in mediations, and in arbitrations. Richard Mulhern, Esq. (207) rmulhern@sulloway.com 19

21 MARYLAND Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A. 901 Dulaney Valley Road Suite 400 Towson, MD (410) Fax (410) Website Hodes Ulman Pessin and Katz, P.A., Maryland's 7th largest law firm, has extensive experience in transporation related litigation. Brian Goodman represented the defendant trucking company through its insurance carrier in the nationally covered bridge collapse case in Maryland from 1999 to Barry Bach and Pat Lambert also have a great deal of experience in transportation related carriers. Among the firm's clients are insurance carriers for long range truckers, self insured transportation companies, and national railroads. Barry Bach, Esq. (410) bbach@hupk.com Brian S. Goodman, Esq. (410) BGoodman@hupk.com Patricia McHugh Lambert, Esq pmlambert@hupk.com Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP One Charles Center, 16th Floor 100 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD (410) Fax (410) Website Monte Fried (410) mfried@wcslaw.com Stephen F. White (410) swhite@wcslaw.com 20

22 MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy Professional Corporation One Constitution Center 3rd Floor Boston, MA (617) Fax (617) Website Transportation is one of the core industries serviced by attorneys at Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy. Our clients include vehicle manufacturers, motor carriers, companies that transport their own goods and materials, and the insured s of numerous insurance carriers. Members of the firm have successfully defended a variety of product liability actions and vehicular accident cases that resulted in personal injury or death, property damage and cargo loss. Representative clients include Paccar Inc., Mitsubishi Motors, Great West Casualty Company, Freightliner Group, Volvo Group, Tyson Foods, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Consolidated Freightways Corp., Marriott International, Inc., and General Motors Corporation. Brian P. Voke (617) bvoke@campbell-trial-lawyers.com James M. Campbell (617) jmcampbell@campbell-trial-lawyers.com 21

23 MICHIGAN Garan Lucow Miller, P.C Woodbridge Detroit, MI (248) Fax (248) MICHIGAN The Garan Lucow Miller firm provides a 24 hour call-in service in regard to emergency situations to assist our trucking clients. Clients include Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Lombard Insurance Boreal of Canada/AXA, Markel Insurance Company of Canada, Bulkmatic Transport Company Marsh, USA, Inc., Cambridge Transportation Division Meijer, Inc., Carolina Insurance Nova Permits Service, Consolidated Freightways Systems RLI Transportation, Northland/Golf Gainey Transportation, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Old Republic Insurance (USA and Canada), Company of Michigan Royal/Sun Alliance, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance, SRS, Hartford of Indiana, The St. Paul Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Group, Transamerica Insurance Company, Fireman s Fund Insurance Company, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Gordon Food Service, Inc., US 1 Industries, Great West Casualty Insurance Company, Yellow Freight, The Hartford Insurance Company, Zurich American Insurance Group, John Deere Insurance Company, Zurich Commercial Insurance, Kingsway, Zurich Insurance Company of Canada, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Quality Carriers, Inc., Lindsey Morden, Ltd. Jury verdict wins include Clemens v Thompson Transport in a wrongful death case, McKernin v Thompson Transport in a brain injury case, Peletier v Echo Brook Freight in a wrongful death case, and Heikkila v JR Phillips in a wrongful death case. Richard Holmes (616) rholmes@garanlucow.com Mr. Holmes has successfully tried cases to defense verdicts involving wrongful death, brain injury, paraplegia and quadriplegia for his trucking clients. Mark Shreve (248) mshreve@garanlucow.com Mr. Shreve s experience began in the trucking industry as his father operated a trucking and warehouse business in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon becoming an attorney, he became involved in representing trucking companies either through insurance carriers and self-insureds by defending matters involving personal injury, property damage, and cargo loss claims. He has also been involved in representing trucking companies as to matters involving lift axle overweight issues, as well as other overweight charges against trucking companies. His experience also includes representing permit and pilot car organizations as it relates to oversized loads. 22