With 2020 nearly halfway over, it’s important, as a resident of Texas, to ensure you understand any new state law changes. With laws changing as frequently as they do, it can be hard to keep track. A number of new laws and amendments were put in place earlier this year. Whether you know it or […]
Today, couples, and particularly women, are focusing more on themselves, their careers, and establishing lives so that they are comfortable and financially stable before bringing a child into this world. While many women still have their first child while in their 20s, many are deferring pregnancy until their 30s, some until after 35, the age […]
Hundreds of trucking companies, particularly single-vehicle operators and shippers, are flocking to a digital freight startup out of Scottsdale, Arizona, to optimize their truckloads and cargo. Emerge, a cloud-based freight contract optimization start-up has created a new, private marketplace for shippers, connecting them to carrier rates to completely fill their truckloads and not fall susceptible […]
The travel industry isn’t the only one taking massive revenue hits because of the recent Coronavirus outbreak; the trucking industry is seeing its share of reduced profits as Chinese imports, usually transported via trucks from Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, are halted to try to stop the spread of this decade’s epidemic. The Coronavirus, […]
If you’ve turned on the news in the last two weeks, you’ve seen plenty of reports about the Coronavirus and how it is affecting people across the globe; more than 500 people have died from it thus far and the number is expected to rise. More than 27,000 people across 25 counties, as of this […]
If you’ve been involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler, big rig, or other commercial vehicles, you likely face car repair, insurance, and medical bills as a result. At the time of an accident, the trucking company launches an investigation to minimize and mitigate any and all fault; you need an experienced Texas trucking accident […]
Another blow was struck to the trucking industry to end 2019 and begin the new decade as another company that has been open since 1956 closed permanently, putting 240 drivers out of work. This holiday tragedy is now added to the list of trucking companies and truck driver woes as we drive further into a […]
In 1950, a Supreme court case ruled that active-duty military members could not sue and seek damages from the government, particularly for medical malpractice. Recently, a defense spending bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act, had a small provision inserted into it that will overturn this precedence. For military members who may be victims of […]
If you need to go to the doctor because something is wrong, you assume (or at a minimum hope) that they will do everything in their power to help you and will begin by collecting all of the facts about you, your medical history, and your symptoms. Since doctors aren’t perfect, they sometimes make errors […]
Celadon Group Inc., a larger trucking delivery company, recently filed for bankruptcy and announced that it would be going out of business immediately to the dismay of roughly 4,000 drivers. The news comes as a shock to the now unemployed drivers and many are unsure what they are supposed to do next. Some drivers were […]
