January 20, 2012
New in the State of Oregon in 2012 is a law that commercial vehicles may not idle more than 5 minute during any one hour period. There are exceptions for maintenance and for heating and cooling in extreme weather. At … [Read more]
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January 19, 2012
A total of $85 million in state funds is expected to be spent on high speed connecting ramps and otherwise improving the I-74/I-155 interchange in Morton near Peoria. This project comes after two decades of planning. Construction is estimated to … [Read more]
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I am honored that West Thompson—the world’s largest publisher of legal books—asked me to write this multi-volume book on truck accident law in 2004. This reference book for truck accident lawyers includes the federal regulations that are the same in each state for interstate tractor-trailer crashes, as well as state law that differs in areas, like whether there are monetary limits or “caps” in the lawsuit, whether you can receive punitive damages, and the varying technical requirements for filing a lawsuit.