Truck Accident Defense Publications

"Debunking Lost Future Earnings Damages"
Jim Bryan and Taylor Stukes
The Transportation Lawyer    February 2011

Jim Bryan and Taylor Stukes co-authored an article for The Transportation Lawyer, a joint-publication of the Transportation Lawyers Association and Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association.

The Lawyer's Corner - Spoliation of Evidence
Jim Bryan
North Carolina Trucking Association Maintenance Council e-Newsletter    October 2010

Nexsen Pruet attorney Jim Bryan authored an article entitled "Spoliation of Evidence" for the October 2010 edition of the North Carolina Trucking Association Maintenance Council e-Newsletter.

The Lawyer's Corner - Admissibility of Guilty Pleas
Jim Bryan
North Carolina Trucking Association Maintenance Council e-Newsletter    August 2010

Nexsen Pruet attorney Jim Bryan authored an article entitled "Admissibility of Guilty Pleas" for the August 2010 edition of North Carolina Trucking Association Maintenance Council e-Newsletter.

"Rolling Out CSA 2010 - The New Motor Carrier Safety Compliance"
Jim Bryan and Dennis Lynch
The DefenseLine    Summer 2010

Amicus Curiae Brief for Trucking Industry Defense Association
Jim Bryan and Taylor Stukes    Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 19, 2010

On May 19, 2010, Jim Bryan and Taylor Stukes filed an amicus curiae brief in a case pending before the North Carolina Supreme Court on behalf of the Trucking Industry Defense Association. The Brief supported the position of Canal Insurance Company. Bryan and Stukes argued in their brief that the North Carolina Court of Appeals wrongly upheld a trial court’s interpretation of a provision in a trucking company’s insurance policy that defined who was an “insured” under the policy and had coverage. Judge Steelman of the Court of Appeals wrote a dissenting opinion.

Defenses for Cargo Loss Claims Under the Carmack Amendment
Jim Bryan and Taylor Stukes
Trucking Industry Defense Association e-newsletter - October 2009    October 2009

Cargo travels this nation by truck through hundreds of miles and through the hands of multiple parties before it reaches its destination. During the journey, the parties involved in the transport of the cargo face constant risks for legal liability for damage or loss of cargo.

Business Courts - Coming to a State Near You
Scott D. Marrs, Val H. Stieglitz, and James E. Rogers
July 2009

Scott D. Marrs, Val H. Stieglitz, and James E. Rogers look at business courts which are gaining renewed vitality during the current economic crisis.

Amicus Curiae brief in the Supreme Court of North Carolina on behalf of the Trucking Industry Defense Association, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., v. Terry Davis Armwood, Jr.; Et al.
April 2007