Latest Trucking Headlines
All the headlines from our Trucking Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Police: Texting, Talking Trucker Hits Car, Pool in New York
Aug 3 2009 // Police say a tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks...
Appeals Court Sides with Wisconsin Trucker in Insurance Dispute
Aug 3 2009 // A northeast Wisconsin trucker has won another legal battle involving an insurance claim he filed after hitting a deer in 2002. Court records say what started as a $7,500 claim has since mushroomed to nearly $250,000 in...
Towing and Trucking Permits Being Revoked in New Mexico
Jul 8 2009 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) said it has revoked the operating authorities of nearly 85 trucking, towing and other transportation companies in the state for failing to file appropriate documents with...
Connecticut Trucking Company Owner Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Jul 6 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
Pirates Free Cargo Ship Near Somalia, One Crewman Dead
Jun 25 2009 // The Dutch Defense Ministry said Somali pirates have released a hijacked cargo ship aboard which one crew member was fatally shot. The ministry said Dutch marines are escorting the MV Marathon to a safe port. It also said...
Florida Trucker Paralyzed By Accident Awarded $14.6 Million
Jun 25 2009 // A South Florida truck driver has been awarded $14.6 million from an accident that left him paralyzed. A Broward Circuit Court judge ordered insurer National Casualty Co. to pay 64-year-old Derry Brown Jr. Jurors decided...
Connecticut Trucking Company Owner Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Jun 25 2009 // The former owner of a Connecticut trucking company has been sentenced to six years in jail on manslaughter and insurance fraud charges for his role in a fiery truck crash at a major suburban intersection that left four...
South Carolina Court Denies Motor Carrier Exemption for Liability Limits
Jun 12 2009 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a trucker paid to haul cut trees is a commercial motor carrier required to carry liability insurance limits of at least $750,000 and does not qualify either as a private...
West Virginia Fines Trucking Firm for Fatal Mining Accident
May 21 2009 // The state of West Virginia has fined a trucking company $50,000 for violations investigators say contributed to a fatal coal mining accident in February, a spokeswoman for the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and...
Progressive Offering Liability Insurance for Coal Hauling Truckers
Apr 23 2009 // National insurer Progressive Commercial has expanded its truck insurance offerings to include liability coverage for truckers involved in coal hauling. Liability coverages for coal hauling truckers and businesses have been...
Georgia Trucking Insurance Agent Charged
Apr 20 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis – with a...
Special Delivery: Added Value with Cargo Insurance
Apr 20 2009 // As Cargo Theft Rises, Carriers’ Special Investigative Units Offer Relief A driver pulls into a truck stop, heads inside to shower and eat — and then discovers his fully loaded trailer gone when he returns. A...
Marine Cargo Insurance for Small to Mid-Size Businesses Doesn’t Have to Sink the Ship
Apr 20 2009 // Importers and exporters that ship only a modest volume of goods do not have to settle for the often pricey or inadequate marine cargo insurance that is available from freight forwarders — the usual source of this...
Georgia Charges Tennessee Trucking Insurance Agent with $2.6 Million Fraud
Apr 10 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis — with a...
‘Granny’ Trucker Generous After Insurance Co. Big Rig Win
Apr 1 2009 // A big-hearted trucker known as “Granny” recently won Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s 2009 Big Rig Giveaway and decided pay her luck forward to fellow truckers. Dianne Smith of...
Union Pacific Freight Car Carrying Molten Sulfur Derails in Louisiana
Mar 9 2009 // Louisiana State Police have lifted a shelter-in-place order resulting from the derailing of a freight train car carrying molten sulfur near Placquemine, La., on Mar. 7. The derailed freight car sprang a leak and dribbled...
South Dakota Trucking Firm Operates Despite Insurance Violation Charges
Mar 2 2009 // A federal judge has signed a preliminary injunction that will allow a Sioux Falls trucking company to keep operating while a court case against it advances, as long as it carries insurance. Action Carrier Inc. was ordered...
Florida Puts Brakes on Agent Accused of Not Placing Truckers’ Insurance
Jan 27 2009 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is urging the commercial trucking industry and the public to provide any information that may assist the Department of Financial Services’ ongoing criminal investigation into...
Flood & Peterson Insurance Receives Award for Service to Trucking Industry
Jan 27 2009 // Greeley, Colo.-based Flood & Peterson Insurance has received the “Delivering the Difference” award from Great West Casualty Co., recognizing the company as a top agency representing the West. The national...
U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trucking Project Extended for Two More Years
Nov 5 2008 // The U.S. Department of Transportation recently extended for two years the cross-border trucking demonstration project, a reciprocal agreement that allows up to 100 Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the U.S....
