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Insurers tell Walmart they’re not paying Tracy Morgan crash settlements
Walmart’s private fleet has sued a group of insurance companies for refusing to pay the retail giant’s settlements with victims, including actor Tracy Morgan, in the high-profile June 2014 crash on the New Jersey turnpike that left one person dead and several others severely injured.
November 19, 2015
Channel 19
Trucking with the ‘enemy’
News flash: Safety advocate who thinks of truckers as the “enemy” makes a run with Walmart driver Carol Nixon, comes away impressed. As for the rest of the industry …
September 29, 2015
Hours of Service
Tired trucker to blame in Tracy Morgan crash, NTSB says
The trucker at the center of the high-profile 2014 truck crash involving actor Tracy Morgan was awake for more than 28 of the 33 hours preceding the crash, the NTSB said.
August 11, 2015
Parking
Arkansas matters, and so do the truckers
Latest media foul well apparent from this headline: “Truckers Use Walmart Parking Lot as a Truck Stop; Customers Feel Unsafe” — actually, just one customer. . .
February 18, 2015
Business
Trucker in Tracy Morgan crash again denied request to delay lawsuit against Walmart
The driver asked the court to delay the civil proceedings pending his criminal proceedings. It his second attempt to do so, with this one coming as a filing of opposition to the order issued in December denying his previous attempt.
February 4, 2015
Channel 19
The regs: Threading the needle through 2014
Part 2 in this Channel 19 year in review highlights the most-read stories from the blog this year having to do with regulations — and their enforcement. CARB, insurance, CSA, hours…
December 29, 2014
Business
Red Rover, Red Rover, send George right over
Load negotiation as playground game — and an extra push that misses the mark…
September 19, 2014
Business
Drivers’ case against Wal-Mart Trans. over unpaid on-duty time gets class-action certification
A federal court in California has ruled a lawsuit brought by drivers against Wal-Mart Transportation may proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The driver plaintiffs claim that between 1993 and now, they did not receive the minimum wage required by state law, nor were they allowed to take their state-required meal and rest breaks.
September 17, 2014
Business
NTSB: Truck operator in Tracy Morgan crash was within hours limits, but speeding
A preliminary report about the fatal high-profile Walmart crash that killed comedian James McNair and severely injured actor Tracy Morgan concludes Walmart driver Kevin Roper was traveling 20 mph over the posted 45 mph speed limit.
June 19, 2014
Business
Driver pleads not guilty in Tracy Morgan crash charges, HOS argument brims
With several news reports suggesting its driver had been awake working for 24 hours prior to the accident, Walmart spokesperson Brooke Buchanan issued a statement early today, Monday, June 9, that the driver was operating within federal hours limitations.
June 12, 2014
Business
Rising from the frozen planet
Down and out at an Alabama distribution center in the ice — and how just a little bit of goodwill goes a long, long way.
February 2, 2014
Voices
Salute: From a truck driver’s daughter to her dad
Rici Lowe, 44, penned a poem of appreciation for her father, former owner-operator Richard “Buck” Buchholz of Caldwell, Idaho, on the occasion of Father’s Day that she included with this letter.
June 23, 2013
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