Ohio Trucking Safety Council - November Meeting

Description

Defusing the Bomb: How Safety Directors Can Prevent and Prepare for Nuclear Verdicts

Nuclear verdicts are exploding across the trucking industry, but the battle isn't won or lost in the courtroom—it’s decided long before a crash ever happens. Join us at the November Ohio Trucking Safety Council meeting on November 12 at The Medallion Club in Westerville as Phil Sarnowski of Roetzel & Andress presents "Defusing the Bomb: How Safety Directors Can Prevent and Prepare for Nuclear Verdicts." In this high-impact session, Sarnowski will expose the aggressive plaintiff tactics targeting fleets today and give you actionable strategies to fortify your operations, protect your documentation, and execute a bulletproof response in the critical 48 hours following an incident.

Key takeaways from this session include:

• Understanding the Drivers of Nuclear Verdicts: Explore why mega-verdicts are exploding and how plaintiffs' attorneys leverage social inflation, third-party litigation funding, anti-corporate sentiment, and "reptile theory" tactics to shift focus from the accident to your company's conduct.
• Building a Winning Documentation Record: Learn how fleets defeat nuclear verdicts long before trial by closing gaps in safety/SMS scores, driver qualification files, and training through management commitment, dashcams, telematics, and enforced policies.
• Executing First 48-Hour Post-Crash Protocols: Master a disciplined immediate response to preserve crucial ECM, telematics, and dashcam data, avoid spoliation claims, and protect objective evidence when litigation is reasonably foreseeable.

Schedule: 
11:15 am - Registration
11:30 am - Lunch
12:15 pm - Meeting Begins
1:30 pm - Meeting Concludes
* Note that each registered attendee will receive lunch

About the Speaker:
Phil Sarnowski is an Attorney with Roetzel & Andress. He focuses his practice on transportation litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and the defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. He works extensively with trucking companies, insurers, and risk management professionals and is a frequent speaker on nuclear verdicts, transportation safety, and litigation risk mitigation.

Refund Policy:
Our refund policy is as follows:

• You will receive a 100% refund if you cancel more than 10 days before the event.
• You will receive a 75% refund if you cancel more than 3 days before the event.
• You will receive no refund if you cancel less than 3 days before the event.
• No shows will be responsible to pay 100% of the registration fee.