Trucking

Brian Straight Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Today’s Pickup: Kenworth adds remote diagnostics to medium-duty trucks; Trucking Conditions Index falls

Good day, Truck makers have been insisting that medium-duty truck owners are starting to look for the same type of data analytics and remote diagnostic capabilities that long-haul operators have become accustomed to in recent years. Kenworth is the latest manufacturer to heed that call, announcing that its TruckTech+ Remote Diagnostics is now an option […]

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Chris Henry Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Federal appeals court retroactively applies Dynamex decision

R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has jurisdiction over federal cases in Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, recently retroactively applied the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Ops. W. Inc. v. Superior Court to an employer’s detriment. Readers […]

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