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Archives for January 2013

The Trucking Industry Defense Association Retains Mills & Associates To Ask The Nevada Supreme Court To Rehear Its Decision Granting A “True Conversion” Exception To State Law Preemption Under The Carmack Amendment.

January 31, 2013

Trevor Small bought a car in Las Vegas. He arranged with a transportation broker to ship the car to Washington. The motor carrier that won the bid was Knight Company. Ultimately Knight picked up the car even though Knight had never signed and returned the broker’s work order as it was supposed to do. Knight […]

Filed Under: Cargo Claims, Carmack Amendment, State Law Preemption By

Nothing Comes Easy (Or Cheap) When Defending Lawsuits In Nevada

January 14, 2013

In an earlier post HERE, we told the story about Mr. and Ms. Turnbow. If you read that earlier post you know that Ms. Turnbow was running across US95 in the dark of night in the middle of nowhere with a blood alcohol content approaching three times the legal limit. The southbound trucker who saw […]

Filed Under: Discover, Litigation Climate, Litigation Expense, Litigation Management, Nevada Factors By

How Comparative Fault Works In Nevada

January 11, 2013

Mr. and Ms. Turnbow were not seeing eye to eye. She wanted him to stop the pickup truck. He didn’t want to. His arguments to her made sense. They were driving in the middle of nowhere. It was 10:00 at night on September 16, 1981. They would be home to Lunning, Nevada in just a […]

Filed Under: Comparative Fault, Modified Comparative Fault, NRS 41.141 By