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The Consequences Of A Proposed Detention Solution

The word “detention” may remind you of your years in school.  If I say “detention” does it remind you of the movie “The Breakfast Club” where a group of crazy teens were sentenced to detention together?  When it comes to truck drivers, detention is something completely different.  And truck drivers hate detention as much if not more than students do.  In the transportation industry, detention is the time that a truck driver spends waiting around for the trailer to be loaded or … [Read more...]

In Nevada, An Insurance Agent Or Broker Is Generally An Agent Of The Insured, Not The Insurer

It was a terrible fire.  On November 21, 1980, 85 people died when a refrigerated pastry display caught fire at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.  The Grand Hotel Gift Shop was destroyed in the fire.  The Gift Shop suffered almost a $1,000,000 in business interruption damages.  The Gift Shop sued its insurance broker, and the insurance company that wrote its business interruption insurance, Granite State Insurance.  Prior to trial, the Gift Shop settled with the broker and resolved several of its … [Read more...]