As fatalities involving heavy trucks have increased since the pandemic, leaders of Pennsylvania's defense and plaintiffs bars are ramping up efforts to share resources for litigating cases involving commercial transportation companies.

In Pennsylvania, the volume of fatalities that resulted from an accident involving a heavy truck has trended downward in recent years, from 162 in 2016 to a five-year low in 2020 of 122, according to annual data published by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. However, in 2021, they started to reverse course, reaching a total of 156.