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Decades of Experience Representing Victims of UPS Truck Accidents

UPS (United Parcel Service) is the largest package delivery and supply chain management company in the world. The multinational courier service delivers tens of thousands of packages every day in the United States alone.

The truck accident lawyers at Wisner Baum have experience representing individuals harmed in UPS crashes. If you or someone in your family sustained injuries in a UPS accident, you need an experienced lawyer to pursue justice and obtain maximum compensation on your behalf.

Contact us at (310) 207-3233 today to schedule a free consultation. From our offices in Los Angeles, we help clients nationwide.

UPS Truck Accident Statistics 2023

According to a 2023 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) report, UPS operates a fleet of more than 134,000 vehicles and employs 127,000 drivers who are authorized to transport general freight in and between states. UPS delivery vehicles travel billions of miles each year, and are involved in thousands of accidents.

With intense pressure to make scheduled deliveries on time, UPS truck drivers often find themselves in a rush to get to all the stops on their route. This focus on speed and efficiency can lead to accidents with passenger vehicles, motorcycles, or pedestrians.

Over a recent 24-month period*, UPS freight and delivery trucks were involved in 2,876 accidents (66 were fatal and 1,015 caused injuries). In terms of crashes per year, UPS ranks among the highest of all U.S. trucking companies. FedEx, the country’s other top courier service, also ranks high when it comes to truck crashes.

Put simply, accidents involving UPS trucks and other delivery vehicles occur nearly every day. In our experience, UPS and its team of attorneys make every effort to limit the amount of compensation to truck accident victims. They may offer a settlement agreement before you have had a chance to consult with a trucking accident lawyer, knowing that settlement may save them money.

A Company Snapshot of UPS

James E. Casey founded what would become United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1907. With headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, UPS is now the world’s largest package delivery company in the world, generating roughly $100 billion in revenue annually.

In 2022, the company delivered more than 5.2 billion packages and documents to more than 220 countries and territories, servicing every address in North America and Europe. UPS operates more than 1,800 facilities and has a fleet of approximately 125,000 package cars, vans, tractors and motorcycles for delivery and freight services.

UPS Trucks or “Package Cars”

Many of the UPS delivery trucks we see in the U.S. are actually package vans that the company calls “package cars.” The name is something of a misnomer, however, as most UPS vehicles that deliver packages to our homes look more like box trucks. UPS package cars are easy to spot—they are all painted in the same Pullman brown with the UPS insignia along the sides.

The following companies manufacture UPS package car delivery trucks:

  • Morgan Olson (Grumman Olson)
  • Union City Body
  • Utilimaster

Modern UPS package vans manufactured since the 1990s are based on Freightliner, Navistar, or Workhorse chassis.

UPS Tractor-Trailers or Freight Vehicles

UPS commonly refers to its fleet of tractor-trailers as “feeders.” Many of the company’s freight delivery vehicles are conventional day cab trucks.

UPS’s fleet of tractor trailers is manufactured by the following companies:

  • Mack Trucks (Pinnacle and Vision)
  • Navistar (International ProStar+ and 9900i)
  • PACCAR (Kenworth T800, T660 and T680)

Older tractor-trailers in the fleet include those manufactured by Ford/Sterling (Aeromax/A-Line) and Freightliner (Argosy). UPS is in the process of phasing out International 8100 and Mack CH tractors.

The company’s trailers are light grey with the UPS insignia positioned on the sides. UPS uses several trailer lengths: 28, 45, 48, and 53 feet. Some UPS short trailers are towed in tandem (one trailer attached to another trailer with both attached to the tractor) in states that permit truckers to do so.

Are UPS Trucks Safe?

UPS has a safety rating of ‘satisfactory’ from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

The company’s fleet of vehicles and drivers both have out-of-service rates below the national average:

  • UPS Delivery Vehicle Out-of-Service Rate: 11.3%. National Average: 21.4%
  • UPS Delivery Driver Out-of-Service Rate: .9%. National Average: 6%

Nevertheless, UPS delivery vehicles are routinely involved in accidents, some of which lead to catastrophic injuries or even death. In the first quarter of 2023 (January to March), UPS delivery vehicles were involved in four fatal crashes that killed five people. Another 25 accidents resulted in injuries.

According to FMCSA data, over a recent 24-month span, UPS delivery vehicles were cited 2,716 times for unsafe driving. Many of these violations were for speeding, in some cases more than 15 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. Other violations included driver distraction (using a cell phone while operating a truck or delivery vehicle), improper lane change, failure to obey traffic control devices, and more.

UPS drivers are trained to be expedient and make sure they reach all the stops on their routes on time to make deliveries. Occasionally, this rush can lead to accidents.

*Data covers 24-month period ending on March 23, 2023

Call us today at (310) 207-3233 to speak with a UPS truck accident lawyer. We offer free, no-hassle case evaluations and can answer any questions you may have.

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In May of 2019, the jury in the case of Pilliod et al. v, Monsanto Company ordered the agrochemical giant to pay $2.055 billion in damages to the plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Bay Area couple in their 70s. R. Brent Wisner served as co-lead trial attorney for the Pilliods, delivering the opening and closing statements and cross-examining several of Monsanto’s experts. Wisner Baum managing shareholder, Michael Baum and attorney Pedram Esfandiary also served on the trial team in the Pilliod case. The judge later reduced their award to $87M. Monsanto appealed the Pilliod’s verdict which the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District denied on August 9, 2021. Monsanto then requested the California Supreme Court review the appeal’s court decision, which the court denied on Nov. 17, 2021. Monsanto (Bayer) then submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court which SCOTUS denied on June 27, 2022, allowing the final judgment of $87M to remain intact.
In May of 2019, the jury in the case of Pilliod et al. v, Monsanto Company ordered the agrochemical giant to pay $2.055 billion in damages to the plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Bay Area couple in their 70s. R. Brent Wisner served as co-lead trial attorney for the Pilliods, delivering the opening and closing statements and cross-examining several of Monsanto’s experts. Wisner Baum managing shareholder, Michael Baum and attorney Pedram Esfandiary also served on the trial team in the Pilliod case. The judge later reduced their award to $87M. Monsanto appealed the Pilliod’s verdict which the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District denied on August 9, 2021. Monsanto then requested the California Supreme Court review the appeal’s court decision, which the court denied on Nov. 17, 2021. Monsanto (Bayer) then submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court which SCOTUS denied on June 27, 2022, allowing the final judgment of $87M to remain intact.
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$2.0 Billion Verdict
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In May of 2019, the jury in the case of Pilliod et al. v, Monsanto Company ordered the agrochemical giant to pay $2.055 billion in damages to the plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Bay Area couple in their 70s. R. Brent Wisner served as co-lead trial attorney for the Pilliods, delivering the opening and closing statements and cross-examining several of Monsanto’s experts. Wisner Baum managing shareholder, Michael Baum and attorney Pedram Esfandiary also served on the trial team in the Pilliod case.

The judge later reduced their award to $87M. Monsanto appealed the Pilliod’s verdict which the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District denied on August 9, 2021. Monsanto then requested the California Supreme Court review the appeal’s court decision, which the court denied on Nov. 17, 2021. Monsanto (Bayer) then submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court which SCOTUS denied on June 27, 2022, allowing the final judgment of $87M to remain intact.

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$289.2 million jury verdict in Monsanto Roundup trial Wisner Baum co-represented Dewayne “Lee” Johnson in the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. On Aug. 10, 2018, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $39.25 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to Mr. Johnson, a former groundskeeper who alleged exposure to Monsanto’s herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Months after the jury verdict, the judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $39.25 million. Mr. Johnson decided to accept the remittitur, bringing the adjusted amount awarded to Mr. Johnson $78.5 million. Monsanto (Bayer) appealed the verdict and Johnson cross appealed. On July 20, 2020, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict against Monsanto but reduced Mr. Johnson’s award to $20.5 million. The company chose not to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the litigation.
$289.2 million jury verdict in Monsanto Roundup trial Wisner Baum co-represented Dewayne “Lee” Johnson in the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. On Aug. 10, 2018, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $39.25 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to Mr. Johnson, a former groundskeeper who alleged exposure to Monsanto’s herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Months after the jury verdict, the judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $39.25 million. Mr. Johnson decided to accept the remittitur, bringing the adjusted amount awarded to Mr. Johnson $78.5 million. Monsanto (Bayer) appealed the verdict and Johnson cross appealed. On July 20, 2020, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict against Monsanto but reduced Mr. Johnson’s award to $20.5 million. The company chose not to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the litigation.
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$289.2 Million Verdict
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$289.2 million jury verdict in Monsanto Roundup trial

Wisner Baum co-represented Dewayne “Lee” Johnson in the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. On Aug. 10, 2018, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $39.25 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to Mr. Johnson, a former groundskeeper who alleged exposure to Monsanto’s herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Months after the jury verdict, the judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $39.25 million. Mr. Johnson decided to accept the remittitur, bringing the adjusted amount awarded to Mr. Johnson $78.5 million.

Monsanto (Bayer) appealed the verdict and Johnson cross appealed. On July 20, 2020, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict against Monsanto but reduced Mr. Johnson’s award to $20.5 million. The company chose not to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the litigation.

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In 2016, Wisner Baum attorney Timothy A. Loranger and six other attorneys in the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee were able to secure a $265 million settlement for victims of the 2015 Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia, one of the largest in the U.S. for 2016.
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$265 Million Settlement
Fatal Train Crash

In 2016, Wisner Baum attorney Timothy A. Loranger and six other attorneys in the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee were able to secure a $265 million settlement for victims of the 2015 Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia, one of the largest in the U.S. for 2016.

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