TRANSPORTATION

Cors & Bassett has represented transportation industry clients for over 40 years. C&B transportation attorneys represent motor carriers, intermediaries, shippers and third party logistics providers in a wide variety of transportation matters. Services provided by C&B transportation attorneys include:

• Negotiation and drafting of motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder, and dealer/distributor agreements
• Assistance with logistics issues including calculation of hours of service
• Preparation and filing of motor carrier and broker license applications
• Negotiation, arbitration and litigation of freight and cargo loss, damage and delay claims
• Counsel in regard to resistance of union organization attempts
• Representation of carriers in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board
• Assistance with motor carrier safety issues, including hazardous materials and other regulatory compliance
• Negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, including arbitration of contractual disputes
• Representation of carriers before various government agencies including the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Counsel in regard to matters of homeland and transportation security

Cors & Bassett has an outstanding record of defending motor carriers in discrimination, ADA, wrongful discharge and other cases brought in federal district courts. In recent years, C&B transportation attorneys have successfully defended carriers in the following federal cases:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Watkins Motor Lines, 463 F.3d 436 (6th Cir. 2006)
Booth v. Roadway Express, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38420 (S.D. Ohio 2005)
Tooson v. Roadway Express, 47 Fed. Appx. 370 (6th Cir. 2002)
Fogle v. Roadway Express, 10 Fed. Appx. 267 (6th Cir. 2001)
Vaughn v. Watkins Motor Lines, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22048 (S.D. Ohio 2000)
Moore v. Roadway Express, Case No. C-2-97-1353 (S.D. Ohio 1997)