Trucking Litigation

Trucking Litigation and Counseling

Trucking litigation and counseling

Retained counsel of many self-insured trucking companies – and insurers of trucking companies – in defense of all types of losses and claims.


No matter what kind of problem you face – whether a contract or lease dispute, a dispute among business partners, a labor issue or tort action affecting your insurance pricing – we bring our strengths to bear on the problem.

Jim Mahoney's trucking litigation experience at a glance:

  • More than 25 years of trial experience; 50- plus first chair trials
  • Management consultation and direction in a practical manner
  • All manner of cargo claims under the Carmack Amendment, COGSA
  • Collection of unpaid freight charges
  • Insurance coverage / large loss management and resolution

Engagement of the Mahoney Law Firm in litigation means commitment to your business. We understand the way trucking companies work and the issues at stake when problems arise. We work with you to determine, as quickly as possible, whether settlement or trial is the best way to resolve your disputes. Our clients are companies of any size – from the largest motor carriers to small or specialty businesses – who face injury or property or cargo claims disputes in the Southwest and across the country. When you turn to The Mahoney Law Firm for help, you are at the center and pivot point of our strategy. Every action we recommend is done with your trucking business objectives in mind. We don’t over- or under-litigate, and we’re not afraid to take an aggressive approach to a dispute on your behalf when it’s warranted. You get the benefit of a highly skilled trial lawyer who has pulled together all the resources from throughout his career to handle your case effectively.

For over a quarter century we have successfully handled simple to complex matters involving multiple parties, multiple jurisdictions, substantial economic claims and the most challenging legal issues.

Cargo Claims

Whether due to intermodal, brokered loads or shipper insurance problems, claims are closing in on transportation clients. Cross-border claims have escalated in the border states, with evolving requirements for limiting exposures under the Carmack Amendment, by tariff or contract. Plaintiffs’ counsel are encouraging Courts to expand liability to freight brokers and carriers themselves who broker loads.


Trucking Industry News: Litigation and Risk Management

By Jim Mahoney 25 Sep, 2019
We all receive draft contracts from our customers with clauses that are absolutely or mostly uninsurable and often unenforceable – and many are so often throwaways.
By Jim Mahoney 16 Feb, 2019
If you broker freight, you may be sued, and probably for certain, considering the low limits purchased by even some of the larger motor carriers
By Jim Mahoney 09 Nov, 2018
If you’re reading this and engaged in interstate transportation of goods by motor carrier – or if your insured client does this — there is exposure to STAA whistleblower claims.
By Jim Mahoney 09 Jun, 2018
A broker is a person that sells ransportation by motor carrier for compensation, while a motor carrier is a person providing commercial motor vehicle transportation for compensation.
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