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Texas tort reform for trucks moves forward in Legislature and courts
One piece of legislation backed by the Texas Trucking Association is heading toward approval, while a second may not be necessary as a result of…
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Texas Trucking Association targets tort reform with broad coalition
Efforts aimed at state’s legislative session that begins in January
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Compliance
Driver shortage again tops ATRI’s Critical Issues list
For the fourth consecutive year, a shortage of drivers topped the Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute.
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Trucking
Emotion, outside funding driving up cost of litigation
Nuclear verdicts are on the rise, and two behind-the-scenes factors playing large roles are the emotional pleas plaintiffs’ attorneys are making to juries and the…
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Tort reform bill heads to Louisiana governor’s desk
“Not as good as we would have liked but better than what we have now,” is how lawyer Doug Williams described a tort reform bill…
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Plaintiffs’ attorneys: ATRI nuclear verdict report needs reality check
“Nuclear verdicts are the result of nuclear injuries,” plaintiff group asserts.
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Weekend Wrapup: Tort reform, guns, and safety
The hot topics you may have missed this week.
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Louisiana lawmakers approve vehicle tort reform; veto by governor possible
Tricky wording in one provision may scuttle the entire effort to deal with a widely acknowledged problem
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U.S. Supreme Court decision could save vessel owners millions
Punitive damages now off limits in certain personal injury lawsuits
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