Strategies, Challenges, and Answers

The Nevada Court of Appeals Follows a Push-Down Model

October 23, 2017 by

At the time that the Nevada Law Blogs last treated the Nevada Court System, there was no Nevada Court of Appeals. Since then, things have changed. So how about an update regarding appeals in Nevada. In 2014, the Nevada voters approved the creation of the Nevada Court of Appeals. The Nevada Court of Appeals is […]

Filed Under: Appellate Courts, Appellate Issues, Court of Appeals, Court System, General, U.S. Supreme Court

Las Vegas Defense Lawyers adds Aileen Cohen to Board

April 18, 2017 by

At Bauman Loewe Witt & Maxwell we are pleased to announce that Las Vegas Defense Lawyers (LVDL) members elected Aileen E. Cohen, Esq. to its Board of Directors.  The election took place at the Fifth Annual LVDL Dinner on March 30, 2017. Aileen will be working on LVDL advocacy efforts in support of the civil […]

Filed Under: Appellate Issues, BLWM, Duties to the Insured, Duty to Defend, General, Local Counsel, LVDL - Las Vegas Defense Lawyers, Nevada Courts, Nevada Factors, Panel Counsel Tips, Pro Hac Vice Nevada Tagged With: , ,

Nevada Voters Approve Creation Of Nevada’s First Appellate Court

November 20, 2014 by

On November 4, 2014, Nevada voters approved Ballot Question No. 1 authorizing the creation of a Nevada Appellate Court. According to results published by the Secretary of State’s office, the question prevailed in Clark, Washoe and Carson City Counties but went down to defeat in all other counties. The margin of victory in the more […]

Filed Under: Appellate Issues, Court of Appeals, Nevada Appellate Court, Nevada Courts

Got Questions?

August 11, 2010 by

These posts on the Mills & Associates Nevada Trucking Law blog are published to provide useful insights on Nevada trucking law to our clients and other subscribers. Many times the topics are suggested by recent case law, or issues raised by litigation.
As part of our ongoing effort to provide both timely and helpful information, we invite our readers …

Filed Under: Appellate Issues, Bad Faith, Conspicuity, Damages, Distracted Driving, Downtime Losses, Duties to the Insured, Employer Liability, Evidentiary Inferences, Expert Testimony, Federal Court, Fee Shifting, Finality, Financial Responsibility, Firefighter's Rule, Hedonic Damages, Imputed Liability, Industry Insights, Insurance Carrier Identification, Joint & Several Liability, Jurisdiction, Loading and Unloading, Maintenance, Model Agreements/Contracts, Negligent Repair, Open Range, Opinion Testimony, Panel Counsel Tips, Peremptory Challenge, Policy Interpretation, Policy Limits, Rapid Response Team, Rebuttable Presumptions, Removal, Respondeat Superior, Service of Process, Several Liability, Spoliation of Evidence, Third Party Bad Faith, Trial Strategy, Vicarious Liability Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Choose Carefully Those Cases That You Try

September 9, 2009 by

The plan regarding this Trucking Blog was to identify and report on those Nevada cases that deal with trucking issues.  While it was tough to find, we think we found a good lesson about finality in the two page opinion of Shaw v. Beehive State Agric. Co-op, Inc., 92 Nev. 611, 555 P.2d 958 (1976). […]

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