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OLDWICK - OCTOBER 18, 2017 10:26 AM (EDT)
A.M. Best and Best’s Insurance Professionals and Claims Resource have released the latest installment of the Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely insurance and claims issues from a legal point of view.
This episode discusses the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate and its effect on future trucking litigation. In 2012, Congress passed an act requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with ELDs in an effort to improve compliance with service hour regulations by monitoring a driver’s log. However, these devices also record many other types of data that can be discoverable in a lawsuit, giving a claimant’s attorney the ability to generate analytics to potentially use in case strategy. Trucking companies must be aware of what information their ELD provider records, and how that provider maintains the data so that their attorneys know what is available and discoverable after an incident.
The podcast features Attorneys Jennifer Parrott and Melody Kiella from the law firm, Drew Eckl & Farnham, with offices in Atlanta and Brunswick, GA. Ms. Parrot focuses her practice in civil litigation. This year, the American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance section, appointed her to Vice-Chair for the Cyber Security Data Privacy General Committee and the Commercial Transportation Litigation General Committee, as well as a member of the Outreach to Young Lawyers Standing Committee. Ms. Kiella specializes in all aspects of complex civil litigation. She also serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee, the DRI Trucking Law Steering Committee and as the DRI for Life, The Voice – Editor.
Drew Eckl & Farnham is a Qualified Member of Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorneys, a claims industry resource that has featured qualified legal counsel, independent insurance adjusting services and expert service providers since 1929.
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