* New York - Bill would bar unfair truck contract rule
-- A New York state lawmaker has introduced a bill to do away with indemnification clauses in trucking contracts. The clauses are set up to protect shippers or hold them harmless from anything that happens with a shipment... The bill would outlaw provisions in contracts that provide for shippers to be indemnified for losses caused by their own negligence and make them “void and unenforceable.” Because indemnification language is commonly included in contracts, motor carriers have no choice but to accept the terms... OOIDA’s director, has called the legislative push in New York and other states a reasonable and fair solution to address existing rules that essentially provide shippers and receivers with immunity from any damage caused by their negligence while a trucker is on their property... The protection would not apply to intermodal chassis, containers or other intermodal equipment...
(Photo: Unloading a truck in N.Y. City) -- Albany, NY, USA - Land Line, by Keith Goble- 13 May 2015Labels: rules and regulations, trucking industry news USA
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