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Trucking
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Product Liability Advocate
Can the Feds Slow Down Truckers with Mandatory Speed-Limiting Devices?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is pushing for new regulations requiring tractor-trailer trucks to be equipped with speed-limiting devices. This regulation, if passed, will impact not only the…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
FMCSA Eliminates No-Defect DVIR Rule
Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations, commercial truckers are required to conduct pre- and post-trip inspections of their vehicles in order to identify and document safety defects and…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) Introduces Legislation to Make our Roads Less Safe
Despite the American public’s overwhelming opposition to increasing the number of hours that a truck driver can work each week, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has introduced legislation that would increase…
Business of Law
Shigley Law, LLC Welcomes David Nissenberg
By Ken Shigley
Shigley Law, LLC is pleased to announce that David Nissenberg, one of the country's foremost experts on trucking law and regulation, has become a consultant and "of counsel" to the…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
New Study on Health Hazards Associated With Long-Haul Truck Drivers
By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen In a just released study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)…
Personal Injury
How did tractor trailers contribute to the mess in Atlanta’s #Snowjam2014?
By Ken Shigley
Tractor trailer drivers are required to exercise “extreme caution” in snow and ice, including getting off the road when necessary. Their employers are required to make sure they do exercise…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Are You Sharing The Road With an Unsafe Truck?
Trucking Companies who violate Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations place us all at risk. Every one of us. Shockingly, a recent report by the American Association for Justice…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
MAP 21 Changes Trucking
By Morgan Adams
MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141), was signed into law by President Obama on July 6, 2012. It is the first long-term highway…
Employment Discrimination Report
Employer Who Permitted Nooses and “The N-Word” Gets Smacked With Three-Year EEOC Oversight And Punitive Damages
On February 4, 2013 we published a post noting that juries do not like nooses or the N-word in the workplace. Our post commented on a North Carolina federal jury which had just awarded $200,000…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Will the Trucking Industry Grow and Hire with Safety as its Number One Priority?
Recently, CNNMoney reported that there are currently as many as 200,000 job openings nationwide for long haul truckers. It is anticipated that the number of open positions will increase with…