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Federal Agencies

ATA 'Perplexed' by DOT Deal on Hours of Service Rule American Trucking Associations is "extremely perplexed" by the Department of Transportation's decision to reopen its truck driver hours of service rulemaking.

Congress

FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro Welcome aboard Anne Ferro as the fourth-ever administrator of trucking’s chief U.S. regulator, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

State Legislation

HB 09-1081 CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE LENGTH OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.

State Agencies

Connecticut Trucking Owner Sentenced 6 Years! Hartford judge sentences trucking owner after dump truck kills 4 and injures 11 people.


Decisions & Opinions

Donaldson Co. v. Burroughs Diesel, Inc. In a product liability action based on defective truck engines, the district court's order compelling arbitration is reversed where defendant was a nonparty to the arbitration agreement and Mississippi law did not permit defendant to enforce the agreement on a theory of equitable estoppel.

Jury Verdicts

Estate of Simonton v. L&L Enterprises, Inc. A hunter was strangled to death when the treestand and safety harness he was using failed and caused him to fall. Verdict: $157,000,000 for plaintiff

Other News

FBI Tracks Highway Serial Killings

Obesity Linked to Dangerous Sleep Apnea in Truck Drivers

 


 





 McElfish Newsletter
Things you just have to read to believe
Clips articles, stories and the like found all over the web and have been left in their original form as found.

FBI Tracks Highway Serial Killings

Obesity Linked to Dangerous Sleep Apnea in Truck Drivers

Hours Exemption Explained

FMCSA Warns of Scam

California License Fee Increases Don't Apply To Trucks

Group Calls for Ban on Cell Phone use While Driving

Yanke drivers named Highway Angels

Read to Believe

Tiger Woods cited for careless driving

Border cops nail truckers with drugs

New DOJ Rules on Medical Marijuana Don't Apply to Truckers

Woods crash did $3,200 damage to hydrant, tree

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The law, really!

You Must Be This Tall to Sue This Amusement Park

A Pain in the Butt

Everybody Run, the Homecoming Queen’s Got a Lawsuit

 

Wrecks

Pastor killed-6 injured in South Carolina church van crash

Mississippi truck accident - Rescue truck rollover injured 2 firefighters

Opelika 3-vehicle wreck killed 1 injured 2

19 injured in Wisconsin school bus crash

I-80 Semi truck crash injured four construction workers

Florida pickup truck crashes Orlando home

San Diego truck wreck - Legal news for California truck wreck attorneys.

Man jumps from moving van when gas tank explodes-causes wreck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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