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  • calendar_month January 20, 2027 @ 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
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  • card_travel Personal Injury and Med Mal
  • schedule 90 minutes

Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Truck Injury Cases

Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dealing With Difficult Deponents, and More

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE course will prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar will discuss best practices for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhibits, dealing with difficult drivers or trucking company representatives, and raising and defending objections. The panel will also discuss skillfully navigating Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when preparing deposition notices for trucking company corporate representatives.

Description

For personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking accident cases, the depositions of the truck driver and trucking company representatives are among the most significant events in the case. Effective questioning of truck drivers can reveal a driver's medical state, whether they were fatigued, and whether the driver was familiar with and complied with federal safety standards and trucking company policies and procedures on safety.

Depositions of trucking company representatives allow personal injury attorneys an opportunity to scrutinize the trucking company's policies and practices to determine if safety is a real priority. Testimony obtained from the trucking company representative during the deposition binds the trucking company.

Personal injury counsel have several strategic decisions regarding deposing truck drivers and trucking company representatives, including videotaping the depositions and using documentary or demonstrative exhibits such as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, the CDL Manual, and other important documents we obtain through discovery. When preparing to depose trucking company representatives, personal injury attorneys must correctly define the deposition notice's scope under Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Listen as our expert panel explains legal and practical considerations for personal injury attorneys when preparing for and conducting depositions of truck drivers and trucking company representatives in trucking injury cases. The panelists will share valuable insights on these depositions' strategic and practical use.

Presented By

Jordan M. Jones
Owner & Trial Attorney
Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyers

For more than a decade, Mr. Jones has dedicated his ongoing law practice to helping victims of serious truck accidents. Now in Los Angeles and the surrounding counties of Southern California, he prides himself on helping people when their lives have been shattered by unsafe trucking and commercial vehicle companies. Mr. Jones has litigated over one hundred trucking cases since he began more than a decade ago. 

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Alexander P. Kemp
Attorney
Michigan Auto Law

Mr. Kemp is one of fewer than 90 attorneys in the entire U.S. who is Board-Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (an ABA Accredited Lawyer Certification Program). He focuses on catastrophic and wrongful death truck and car crash cases. Mr. Kemp has obtained over 20 seven-figure recoveries, including the highest reported settlement in Michigan in 2024. His recent multi-million-dollar victories include an $8.5 million wrongful death settlement and an $8 million settlement that was the largest of its kind ever in Michigan. Mr. Kemp regularly litigates claims against motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders, road construction companies, and other corporate defendants. He is ranked among the Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Stars and has been named to the Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys under 40,” “Top 40 under 40” and Trucking-Top.” Mr. Kemp is named among the Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit by DBusiness Magazine. A member of the AAJ Truck Litigation Group and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, he frequently speaks at legal conferences across the country on topics related to commercial motor vehicle litigation.

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Wednesday, January 20, 2027

  • schedule

    1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT

I. Overview of important themes in trucking cases

II. Preparing for the deposition 

A. Notice requirements for 30(b)(6) deposition of trucking company representatives

III. Conducting the deposition 

A. Questioning the driver and corporate representative

B. Videotaping the deposition

C. Using demonstrative exhibits

D. Raising and defending objections

E. Dealing with evasive or difficult deponents

The panel will review these and other high priority issues:

  • What topics should personal injury attorneys explore when questioning truck drivers and trucking company representatives during depositions?
  • How should personal injury attorneys use demonstrative exhibits during depositions of truck drivers and trucking company representatives?
  • What are best practices for crafting a deposition notice for the trucking company representative that sufficiently defines the scope of the 30(b)(6) deposition?
  • What are some best practices for dealing with difficult deponents?
  • What are proven techniques for raising and defending objections during depositions of truck drivers and trucking company representatives?