I’ve spent the last few days in New Orleans at the American Association for Justice Litigating Truck Collision Cases seminar. I spoke on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in relation to large truck products liability cases, debunking misconceptions about those minimal and largely outmoded standards.
Since I know opposing counsel read my blog, I won’t go into a lot of detail about the new ideas I picked up in New Orleans. Suffice it to say that an excellent faculty of lawyers, technical experts and trial consultants from across the country made the trip worthwhile. Information exchanged informally over dinner with other lawyers trying these cases from coast to coast was nearly as valuable as the information shared by speakers.
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