Nevada Trucking Law

Recent Posts from Nevada Trucking Law

• ARE NEGLIGENT HIRING, SUPERVISION, OR RETENTION VIABLE CAUSES OF ACTION WHEN THE EMPLOYER ADMITS THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT?

  When an employee causes an injury accident, Plaintiffs almost always target the employee as a Defendant in the suit. If they know about the employment relationship, Plaintiff’s attorneys will name the employer as well. Most…

• NEVADA TRUCKING ACCIDENT RAPID RESPONSE TEAM

  No one knows when the stuff is going to hit the fan. But one thing is guaranteed: “Anything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong.” With that adage in mind, Mills & Associates has…

• NEVER SAY NEVER

  Recently, Mills & Associates logged into a webcast sponsored by an insurance industry organization. The webcast’s expert panel was convened to discuss how defense attorneys could better improve the “insurance defense relationship”. As I listened…

• CHOOSE CAREFULLY THOSE CASES THAT YOU TRY

  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…

• CONSPICUITY

  Back when I was a kid, my family’s brand new 1964 Rambler sedan was not equipped with four-way emergency flashers. Now, these flashers are standard safety equipment on all vehicles manufactured in America. As the…

• CAN THE NEGLIGENCE OF A DRIVER BE IMPUTED TO THE OWNER WHO IS A PASSENGER IN HIS OWN CAR?

  Akin to the subject of Vicarious Liability is the question of Imputed Liability. The case of Rocky Mountain Produce Trucking Co. v. Johnson, 78 Nev. 44, 369 P.2d 198 (1962) discusses the question of whether…

• THE MEANING OF THE "FIREFIGHTER'S RULE" TO THE NEVADA TRUCKING INDUSTRY

  In our Nevada Insurance Law blog, we have just finished a post on the "Firefighter's Rule". This relates to auto accidents and trucking incidents (accidents, stalls, lost/shifting loads, etc.). Here is an excerpt: In the…

• NEVADA IS AN OPEN RANGE STATE

  The state of Nevada encompasses more than 70 million acres. As anyone who has driven through Nevada knows, much of the state is wide open and empty. A good deal of this these areas are…

• EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION. BUT IS THAT OPINION ADMISSIBLE?

  The case of Mikulich v. Carner, 69 Nev. 50, 240 P.2d 873 (1952) is an historically interesting read. A bus and a tractor trailer met at night on US 95, the two-lane highway between Las…