Trucking Litigation College

Registration and Welcome Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Provided

Welcome Announcements

Session 1: Case Intake & Early Investigation

• Key Steps in Intake Process
• Requests To Preserve (Cellular Data and Apps, Elds, Qualcomm, ECM, Dispatch, Safety Files)
• Sending A Preservation Letter – The Correct Way (Kitchen Sink Vs. Targeted)
• Scene Evidence: Skid Marks, Gouge Marks, Debris, Dashcam, Bodycam
• Using Reconstructionist and Drone Footage Early
• Forensic Downloads
• Creating And Implementing Workflows, Processes, And Checklists

Session 2: Anatomy of a Truck Crash Case

• Identifying Applicable Rules and Standard FMCSRS
• Model And State CDL Manuals
• Industry Training Materials (E.G., J.J. Keller, Smith System)
• Company Policies and Procedures
• Common Sense Party Admissions (Is It Fair?)

Forge Consulting Sponsor Presentation & Morning Break

Session 3: Understanding Fatigue, Impairment and Hours of Service

• Falsified ELDs (And How to Prove Them)
• Audit Trails
• How To Establish Driver Fatigue Through Sleep Debt
• Fatigue + Sleep Debt as Negligence and/or Negligence Per Se
• Toxicology And Impairment
• Using SMS, CSA, And BASIC Scores to Show Systemic Danger

Session 4: Building the Core Truth

• Identifying Themes and The Core Truth of Your Case
• Using “Non-Delegable Duties” Against Motor Carriers
• Hours Of Service, Training, Supervision, Vehicle Maintenance
• Turning Statutes and Regulations into Easily Digestible Jury-Friendly Rules

Session 5: Deposing the Driver – Nuts & Bolts

• Establishing rapport and the role of the truck driver in the logistics chain
• Question sequences
• Fatigue, distraction, speed, improper lookout
• Turning the driver into your witness
• Hands-on practice

Afternoon Break

Session 6: Deposing the Safety Director & Corporate Designee

• Establishing Systemic Safety Failures and Why It Matters
• Proving “Reckless Disregard” For Punitive Damages
• Getting Admissions That Build Your Themes and Argument
• Resisting The Urge To “Fight” Wrong Answers

Welcome Back Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Provided

Welcome Announcements

Session 7: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Discovery & Trial Preparation (Deep-Dive)

A Practical, Step-By-Step AI Curriculum:

• Using AI in Investigations
• Using AI in Discovery
• Using AI in Depositions
• Using AI for Trial Prep
• Professional Use 

Sponsor Presentation & Morning Break

Session 8: Putting it All Together Breakouts

Session 9: Digital Evidence

• Recovering drive cam footage/Video event data recordings
• Surveillance footage and where/how to get it
• Spoliation issues

Session 10: When to Use or Exclude Experts

• Pattern + Practice Evidence
• Using Hiring, Supervision, And Retention to Prove Recklessness
• Safety Director Admissions
• Using AI To Compile Punitive-Grade Evidence from Records
• When To Consider Not Challenging Adverse Expert Testimony

Afternoon Break

Session 11: Damages in Catastrophic Trucking Cases

• Wrongful Death Structure
• Using Life-Care Planners
• Economic Damages
• Pain, Suffering, And Loss of Consortium
• Anchoring And Theme Development

Welcome Back Networking Breakfast

Continental Breakfast Provided

Welcome Announcements

Session 12: Continued Opening Statements and Case Themes

• Compared To What? What Normally Happens Vs. What Happened Here
• Themes That Resonate
• Live Demo by Faculty

Morning Break

Session 13: Breakouts

Participants may perform:

• Mini Openings (Including Theme Development)
• Direct Of a Driver or Corporate Rep
• Cross-Examination Of Safety Director
• Mini-Closings
• Faculty Provides Real-Time Feedback

Round Table Discussion And Q&A

Adjourn