Recent landmark trucking case from WDNY - Graves Amendment

“A landmark decision affecting the trucking industry nationally was recently made in U.S. Federal Court, the Western District of New York.

For the first time, the Graves Amendment, a 9-year-old federal statute protecting car rental and truck companies from liability in operator accidents, was rejected from being used in a civil action against the vehicle’s owner.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/buffalo-law-journal/2014/08/landmark-trucking-case-decided-in-buffalo.html?page=all

You can find a copy of the decision on PACER or Google Scholar. The case Stratton v. Wallace, No. 11-CV-74-A(HKS).

United States District Court, W.D. New York. July 31, 2014.