Earlier in the fall, I wrote about the efforts in the Silver State to reach “zero fatalities” this year with a crackdown on speeding. With similar intentions, the North Las Vegas Police Department recently upped their efforts to maintain a level of safety in their…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports that there are many different causes of commercial truck accidents in Florida and across the United States. While a truck driver or trucking company may be at fault in many situations, this is not always the case.…
In Phan v. American Family Insurance Company, No. 17-1187 (D. Colo. 2017) the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit took on this question after Kent Vu Phan was injured in a car accident and sought damages from the insurance company. Kent Vu…
After a truck accident, attention is often focused on the truck driver and/or the company that employs the driver when determining liability. In some cases, though, neither of those parties had anything to do with causing the accident. Instead, the truck may have malfunctioned and…
Last month saw the unveiling of Elon Musk’s electric-powered Tesla Truck after more than a year since it was first announced, and the initial reaction of some big names in the transport business could accelerate its acceptance by the industry as a whole. Of note…
A new mandate from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will go into effect this December, and the change has some in the industry worried. The new rule will require all drivers of commercial trucks and buses to utilize ELDs (Electronic Logging Devices) to…
In our previous article, we examined how truck driver errors commonly lead to commercial truck accidents. However, drivers are far from the only parties that may be responsible for causing a serious crash. In many cases, liability for a truck accident can be traced back…
In Bright v. University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, No. 17-6101 (W.D. Okla. 2017) the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit took on that question when dealing with a case possibly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Annaliese Bright (“Bright”) worked…
After a commercial truck accident, it is critical for victims to determine exactly what caused the crash—and specifically, who was responsible. While many different parties may be held liable for the losses of truck accident victims, much attention is rightfully paid to the actions of…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is actually one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. It is estimated that 1.7 million people sustain a TBI each year, and of that number, as many as 275,000 will be hospitalized and 52,000 will…
There is no denying that the United States is becoming an increasingly aging nation—due mostly to the fact that baby boomers—our second-largest generation ever—are currently spanning the ages of mid-fifties to early-seventies. Additionally, the U.S. Census Bureau expects that the 65-and-older popula
Nursing homes or assisted living facilities are often a transitional step for the elderly after they stop living independently at home but before they enter a skilled nursing facility. Although the number of nursing homes is booming, oversight of these facilities is very limited, and…
