CRANE & HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Stone & Johnson, Chartered, is a leader in crane and heavy equipment litigation. Whether involving personal injury or property damage litigation, inland-marine claims, risk management/transfer and loss control, or tenders of defense/insurance coverage, Stone & Johnson has been involved in nationwide litigation involving riggers, millwrights, crane/heavy equipment manufacturers, owners, operators, lessors, and their insurers. The firm's attorneys are national coordinating counsel to the leading heavy equipment industry group and to the program manager for the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association.

As part of its work with the program manager, Special Risks Services, Inc. and the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association, this firm has developed state of the art contractual risk transfer, aggressive risk management and loss control techniques. These services include the review and preparation of leases and other contracts regarding insurance, indemnity and subrogation provisions, as well as the development and implementation of effective safety and early claim investigation programs. Stone & Johnson attorneys give seminars around the country providing advice and training on risk management/transfer and early investigation techniques to crane and heavy equipment industry groups.
Stone & Johnson has also worked to put together various insurance programs that provide coverage to the rigging, millwright, crane and heavy equipment industry. These programs have involved both the domestic and international insurance markets and have served as a platform for the implementation of the above-mentioned risk management and loss control strategies on a nationwide scope. These strategies have led to consistent successes and have served to protect both underwriting results and the insureds' loss histories.

While many crane and heavy equipment losses can be limited through use of contractual risk transfer, others will require aggressive and efficient litigation. Stone & Johnson attorneys have a successful record in the litigation of crane and heavy equipment claims and have obtained summary judgments or other summary dispositions, favorable settlements, and judgments on behalf of their clients.