Strategies, Challenges, and Answers

Model Shipper/Broker/Carrier/Contracts

One of the great things about the trucking industry is how willing truckers are to lend a hand. In that spirit of helpfulness, various trucking organizations have posted model agreements on their web sites. For Example …

Got Questions?

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 …

Evidentiary Inferences Allowed At The Court’s Discretion

In the case of Johnson v. Watkins, 70 Nev. 156, 262 P.2d 237 (1953) a truck driver tried to invoke the rule regarding evidentiary inferences in his favor. According the Nevada Supreme Court an evidentiary inference is…

Off With Her Hedonics

The Red Queen’s favorite cry may make her life more enjoyable but certainly would have a negative impact on the enjoyment of life of those around her. If one of her subjects brought a suit against her, she might find herself facing a claim for hedonic damages…

Keeping Up to Date With the Law

The other day, a clerk at our office was updating a treatise regarding Federal Court Practice. Those of you who have done that task know that it is very time consuming, and detail oriented. He said he couldn’t understand why the law just couldn’t stay the same. Obviously, laws that were static would be …