Analysis by the American Transportation Research Institute revealed an increase in large jury verdicts against motor carriers from 2006-19. It showed that over the past five years, there were nearly 300 court cases resulting in jury verdicts over $1 million against trucking fleets. Of 600 cases analyzed by ATRI, only four involved verdicts over $1 million in 2006. However, at their peak in 2013, over 70 cases had verdicts over $1 million. There were 71 cases of the 600 analyzed that were $10 million or higher — ATRI’s definition of a nuclear verdict