In April 2005, Alicia Gonzales ended up with a blood alcohol content level that was twice the legal limit after drinking at an all-day business luncheon, which began at a Chili’s restaurant and concluded in a pair of bars eight hours later. Four pharmaceutical representatives—two from Schering Corp., one from Abbott Laboratories, and one from [...]
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New Mexico Supreme Court allows suit against pharmaceutical representatives under liquor liability law.
Posted in Torts, Transportation Law, tagged liquor liability on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Seventh Circuit holds that chargebacks for mandatory insurance do not constitute an illegal sale of insurance.
Posted in Insurance Law, Regulatory Law, Transportation Law, tagged mandatory insurance on August 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in Indianapolis challenged Mayflower Transit’s reduction of the drivers’ per-mile rate through "chargebacks" for public injury insurance. Federal law requires motor carriers like Mayflower Transit to have insurance on all vehicles for public injury and damage. The insurance requirement prevents carriers from taking too few precautions and then hiding behind [...]
Eighth Circuit holds that damage actions under 49 U.S.C. 14704(a)(2) are subject to a four-year statute of limitations.
Posted in Practice & Procedure, Transportation Law on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Assoc. v. United Van Lines, LLC, No. 07-3829. Several individual owner-operators of tractor-trailers leased their trucks to United Van Lines, LLC (“United”). The owner-operators filed suit against United for violations of federal truth in leasing regulations. United file a motion to dismiss, arguing that the owner-operators’ claims were barred by the two-year [...]
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