Shipping & Warehouse Law

The attorneys at McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A. serve as defense counsel to transportation companies regarding shipping and warehousing. Our attorneys have expertise and a thorough understanding of the shipping and warehousing laws and regulations on federal and state levels.

A transportation company's liability can be predicated on numerous occurrences. We have experience and expertise in cases involving issues affecting the shipper and the recipient as well as many other cases involving Common Carriers. These cases include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Loading and unloading merchandise, which can expose a trucking concern to a host of liabilities for damage to freight as well as raise questions to the level of responsibility assumed by a trucking company when the load it transports is refused by the ultimate recipient;
• Issues that arise from coordinating shipments with other carriers such as air freight, railroads and ocean-going vessels;
• Issues concerning the collection of tariffs, tolls or other customs duties;
• Bills of lading and other shipping documents in the chain of payments for merchants;
• Miscommunication with warehousing staff;
• Miscues by drivers that can cost a customer and the trucking company substantial sums of money;
• A determination of which party is responsible for loading and unloading, securing the freight and inspecting for damages;
• Other issues that arise in shipping and warehouse law.