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Cause For Action: An ILR Podcast
Cause For Action is a podcast presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform addressing key issues in our legal system impacting American business. Each episode features renowned legal experts who explain the complex litigation landscape and help businesses understand how they are impacted by ever-evolving laws.
Cause For Action: An ILR Podcast
Episode 24: Nuclear Verdicts Create Litigation “Vortex” for Trucking Industry
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Episode 24
In this episode of Cause for Action, Nathan Morris, senior vice president, legal reform advocacy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform, is joined by Lee Parsley, the general counsel of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, to discuss some of the issues the trucking industry faces and what legislators can do to make sure that excessive lawsuits don’t shut down this critical industry.
Lee and Nathan also discuss how the trucking industry faces more “nuclear verdicts,” which are massive jury verdicts worth $10 million or more, than most other industries.