Chad M. Sizemore

Representative Matters

• Directed verdict for trucking company during jury trial in Ohio
• Take-nothing jury verdict for trucking company in jury trial in Kentucky
• Defense verdict for charter bus company in disputed liability accident in Ohio
• Defense verdict for owner-operator in disputed damages jury trial in Ohio
• Defense verdict for truck driver which involved a trial court, for the first time in the country, admitting data from a collision avoidance system as a basis for accident reconstruction opinions
• Insurance recovery verdict for truck insurer
• Summary judgment under the Interstate Commerce Act to recover unpaid freight charges
• Summary judgment decisions in favor of motor carriers in Carmack claims in federal courts in Ohio and Kentucky
• Summary judgment decisions for insurance companies in cargo insurance coverage disputes in Ohio
• Summary judgment for charter bus company in federal court in Kentucky on issues of punitive damages, negligent hiring, and violations of the Kentucky Consumer Sales Practices Act
• Dismissal of lawsuits in state and federal courts in Ohio for motor carriers and freight brokers for lack of personal jurisdiction
• Successful defense on appeal of summary judgment for truck insurer in insurance coverage dispute involving a wrongful death claim
• Successful defense on appeal of verdict in favor of truck driver in personal injury lawsuit
• Successful defense on appeal of summary judgment decision for medical malpractice insurer
• Successful defense on appeal of summary judgment for liquor establishment insurer

Speaking Engagements

• “Discussion of Contracts Important to Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers” (Guest Speaker), The Dave Nemo Show on SiriusXM 146 Road Dog Trucking Radio, August 2021
• “F4A What? FAAAA Preemption as It Relates to Casualty Claims” (Speaker), TLA Chicago Regional Conference, January 2021
• “Combating Negligent Hiring, Training, Supervision and Entrustment Claims” (Speaker), TLA Chicago Regional Conference, January 2018
• “Casualty: Views and Perspectives from a Trucking Insurance Carrier as to Developments in Bodily Injury Litigation and How Transportation Defense Attorneys are Responding to It” (Panelist), Transportation Lawyers Association Regional Seminar, 2017
• “Trucking and Transportation Law: FMCSA and DOT Compliance and More Webinar” (Presenter), National Business Institute, June 2017
• “Evidentiary Issues in Trucking Litigation” (Presenter), Trucking Industry Defense Association Webinar, November 2016
• “Trucking and Transportation Regulations, Liability, and Litigation” (Presenter), National Business Institute, October 2016

Publications

• Psychodrama: The Plaintiff’s Technique that Defense Attorneys Aren’t Discussing (Co-Author), The Voice, Defense Research Institute, 1/9/2019
• Insurance Coverage Issues in Trucking Law – Ohio – The Duty to Preserve Coverage and to Cooperate, DRI Trucking Insurance Law Compendium, January 2009
• VORAD Data Admitted As Basis For Accident Reconstruction Opinions, TIDA e-newsletter, April 2008; Defense Research Institute In Transit, August 2008

Admissions and Licenses

• District of Columbia Bar Admission
• Kentucky Bar Admission
• Ohio Bar Admission
• Tennessee Bar Admission
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Memberships

• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Conference of Freight Counsel
• Dayton Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Kentucky Defense Counsel
• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Trucking Industry Defense Association

Community

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cincinnati

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D. (2005)
• Miami University, B.A. (2000), Sociology, minor in Criminology