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Nevada Considers Coverage Issues Arising From The Loading And Unloading Of Commercial Trucks And Trailers.

May 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

barrels with flame signThe year is 1964.  A construction truck pulls up to the dock at Richfield Oil Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The driver of the truck hopes to load fuel that he can haul to a construction site where his equipment is operating.

Mr. Spink is the guy working the dock.  He is the one who is going to load the fuel on the truck.  He pulls the bung out of the fuel drum to begin the transfer of fuel from the drum to the container in the back of the truck.  Fuel spews up and out of the drum.  The splash of fuel covers Spink and the dock and everything.

Imagine the terror in Spink’s eyes when he realizes that a gas-powered fuel pump is running just a few feet down the dock from where he stands all covered in fuel.  Richfield was using the gasoline-powered fuel pump to transfer fuel from one drum to another at the Richfield plant. [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Coming to Rest Rule, Complete Operation Rule, Loading and Unloading, Omnibus Clause By

Kudos to Sergio Lemus of Truline Trucking, Nevada’s 2012 Driver of the Year.

April 12, 2013 Leave a Comment
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Congratulations of Sergio Lemus of Truline Trucking.  The Nevada Trucking Association named Mr. Lemus its 2012 Nevada Driver of the Year.  The Nevada Trucking Blog recognizes Mr. Lemus for a job well done. Award given at Carson City, NV on … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: General, Nevada Trucking Association By

Will A New Appellate Court Mean More Nevada Jobs?

April 2, 2013 Leave a Comment
Nevada Appellate

In the Nevada Law Blogs, we regularly discuss “Nevada Factors”.  These Nevada Factors are circumstances that are unique to Nevada’s laws or judiciary which make it different from the other states. One Nevada Factor that arises over and over … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Business Climate, Nevada Appellate Court, Nevada Factors, Nevada Supreme Court, Precedent By

The Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies Which On-The-Job Injuries Are Compensable Under Worker’s Compensation

March 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
On-The-Job Injuries

For a few years there, it seemed that there might be hope that not all Nevada on-the-job injuries would be compensable under worker’s compensation.  It all started with the case of Rio Suite Hotel & Casino v. Gorsky, 113 Nev. 900, 939 P.2d 60 … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: "Increased Risk" Doctrine, "Positional Risk" Doctrine, Course and Scope, Employer/Employee, Employment, Work Related Injury, Worker's Compensation By

Congratulations to our own Carrie McCrea Hanlon, Esq. for her decisive victory on behalf of client Alaska Airlines.

March 14, 2013 Leave a Comment
Alaska Airlines

Carrie McCrea Hanlon of Mills & Associates won a defense verdict in favor of defendant Alaska Airlines in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada case of Ginena v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 2:04-CV-01304-MMD-CWH.  The Las Vegas Review Journal … [Continue reading]

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