BILLINGS, MT (TruckingNewsNow.com) — Several of the nation’s leading truck accident attorneys were featured on television as they took part in annual truck driver training in the Legacy Trucking Course For Legal Professionals in Billings, MT. The market’s NBC affiliate spent the day with members of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys as they learned what truck drivers deal with
Read more
TOLEDO, OH (TruckingNewsNow.com) — The Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys is proud to announce that the American Bar Association on Tuesday approved board certification for attorneys handling truck crash cases. It is the first and only ABA accredited board certification in Truck Accident Law in the country. The Truck Accident Law Board Certification—three years in the making, and in partnership with
Read moreWASHINGTON, DC (TruckingNewsNow.com) — A Notice of Claim issued to Shaaheen Mizani dab Chantilly Oriental Rug has generated a $7740 fine. Mizani is ordered to pay that fine within the next month. According to the charging document which you can read in its entirety here, the Maryland Division Administrator fo the Federal motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the fine “for
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) — Prominent attorneys who specialize in truck accident litigation are calling on the FMCSA to restore public access to crucial safety data as the agency tweaks its data collection and analytical systems. As TruckingNewsNow.com previously reported, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has withdrawn several planned broad safety enhancements to the Safety Management System (SMS) and is
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: USDOT) — On June 29, 2015 and October 5, 2016, FMCSA proposed enhancements to the Agency’s Safety Measurement System (SMS) and published a preview version of the changes. However, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) required the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study of FMCSA’s Compliance,
Read moreWASHINGTON, DC (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: USDOT) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared New Mexico-licensed commercial driver Evaristo S. Mora to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. Mora was served the federal order on July 3, 2018. On June
Read more