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Missouri Courts Examining Possible Exceptions to When a Plaintiff Can Pursue...
Missouri follows the majority rule that a jury cannot generally assess a defendant employer’s fault based on imputed theories of liability, such as “negligent entrustment” or “negligent hiring,” after...
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Missouri Appellate Court Allows Imputed Liability Claims Against Employer...
In 1995, the Missouri Supreme Court adopted the majority view “that once an employer has admitted respondeat superior liability for a driver’s negligence, it is improper to allow a plaintiff to proceed...
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Most New Hours of Service Rules
On August 2, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited ruling on the challenge by the American Trucking Association (ATA) to the most recent revisions in the...
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RECENT NEWS FROM THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
1) One-Year Extension of Paper Medical Certificate Requirement for Commercial Bus and Truck Drivers FMCSA recently announced that it is extending by one year, until Jan. 30, 2015, a requirement that...
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FMCSA Finalizes Rule to Shut Down Carriers based on Patterns of Safety...
On January 22, 2014, the FMCSA published its new Patterns of Safety Violations Rule which implements the agency’s authority to shut down a bus or truck company if the company, or a company officer, has...
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FMCSA Announces Proposed Rule For Electronic Logging Devices
On March 12, 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced its proposed amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) regarding Electronic Logging...
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Missouri Court of Appeals Holds that Missouri’s Statutory Caps on Punitive...
Recently, in Mansfield v. Horner, WD76310, 2014 WL 2724854 (Mo. App. W.D. June 17, 2014), the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals held that Missouri’s statutory caps on punitive damages do not...
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FMCSA Releases Crash Weighting Analysis And Seeks Public Input
On January 21, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced through the Federal Register a study that examined (1) whether Police Accident Reports provide sufficient,...
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