Navigating Nuclear Verdicts
A Brown & Brown Event
Join Brown & Brown in discussing common trends in U.S. trucking litigation that can result in nuclear verdicts. Kevin Mulvaney of Wilson Elser will provide insights into what motor carriers can do to help protect themselves from becoming the next target. We will cover the following topics:
- State of the transportation industry
- How nuclear verdicts impact motor carriers and insurance companies
- Practical advice on mitigating risks before an accident occurs
- Best practices for companies with transportation risks when responding in the event of an accident
When
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Where
Teams Webinar
Tyler Vandeberghe - Brown & Brown
Tyler Vandeberghe has worked as a commercial insurance consultant at Brown & Brown since 2015. In his role, his primary focus is on delivering excellent service and insurance solutions to support the businesses of current and future customers. Tyler specializes in business property and casualty insurance, with a particular focus on large self-insured retention, loss-sensitive, layered insurance programs and companies that have complex liability risks. Prior to working at Brown & Brown, Tyler was in the Michigan National Guard for six years, during which he was deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan.
Kevin Mulvaney is a transportation attorney with Wilson Elser, which is one of the largest law firms in the United States. He is also a sub-chair of the firm’s Transportation Practice Group, which boasts more than 250 attorneys nationwide. Kevin focuses his practice on catastrophic transportation negligence, professional liability, errors and omissions, and directors and officers matters. He also has substantial experience handling high-exposure cases in the areas of trucking, product liability and Michigan No-Fault. Kevin has tried more than 20 cases to verdict, as well as numerous arbitrations, in a variety of matters, including wrongful death, catastrophic injury and professional liability.
Kevin represents large and small transportation companies, insurance companies and commercial businesses. Kevin also serves as the firm’s national coordinating counsel for a leading facility maintenance company and a multinational inventory specialist company. In addition, he serves as national emergency response counsel for one of the largest foodservice wholesale and distribution companies in the country, where he regularly assists in the pre-suit liability investigations to advise the client of the best possible options before suit is filed.
Due to the high-exposure nature of Kevin’s caseload, he is well-versed in advising his clients when media inquiries are made. Kevin advises his team to think “outside the box” when developing litigation strategy in order to keep the other side on its toes. Notably, Kevin co-authored “Keys to the Attorney-Client Relationship: Communication, Exceeding Expectations and Adding Value,” DRI Young Lawyers Handbook, 2015.