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4 www.bigrigowner.com A U G U S T 2 0 1 6 COVER STORY > Much of the monitoring equipment that many larger carriers are invest- ing in also gives them a critical edge in legal disputes. Video cameras, which also are used in ongoing training for drivers who exhibit unsafe habits, also can prove what really happened in a crash. Electronic logging devices, beyond their primary function, can remove a common line of legal attack by encouraging and proving bedrock compliance with hours of service. Josh Fulmer, a risk management man- ager at Florida-headquartered Carroll Fulmer Logistics, says his company has had two big settlements in the past 10 years. One was settled out of court af- ter a Fulmer truck rear-ended an auto driver. The insurance company "ended up awarding him a little over $4 mil- lion," Fulmer says. The company went to trial in a "rear- ending accident in California that happened nine or 10 years ago," Ful- mer says, and in which the company believed its driver was in the right. "There was a lot going on with the insurance companies on the back side" of the case, and it dragged out over nearly a decade. Post-crash litigation: Cameras and ELD evidence By Todd Dills Cover Story 0816.indd 1 7/8/16 9:19 AM