Eric Palombo, Flaster Greenberg Transportation Law Shareholder, recently participated in a rail/shipper panel discussion at the 2024 Canadian Transportation Lawyers’ Association (CTLA) Annual Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This conference is a well-attended three-day event for lawyers in the transportation industry.
Palombo, along with panelist Bennet Misskey, Partner at MLT Aikins in Regina, Saskatchewan, provided attendees with a cross-border Canada-US comparison of rail derailments, including causes, recent examples, resulting litigation, legal developments, practical lessons learned, and recommendations for the industry. The panel was moderated by Julia Loney, CTLA Board Member and Partner at McMillian in Calgary, Alberta.
Palombo focuses his practice on transportation law and representing clients in matters involving substantial property damage claims and commercial disputes, including significant derailments, freight claim litigation and matters involving damage to transportation infrastructure such as maritime allisions, maritime limitation of liability actions, and architectural, engineering and construction defect cases. His transportation experience covers rail, motor carrier and maritime law as well as claims arising under the Carmack Amendment and the Carriage of Goods by Seas Act.
