Litigating the Commercial Trucking Case

Friday, August 21, 2009

The Hilton Garden Inn
109 Highway 11 and 80
Meridian, Mississippi

This course offers 6 hours of CLE credit.

Presented by:
The University of Mississippi
Center for Continuing Legal Education and
Thomas “Shea” Moore
Shuttlesworth & Moore, P.C.

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AGENDA

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	INTRODUCTION TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY 1. Applying the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations or State Rules of the Road – What Laws Control? 2. Understanding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.	BREAK
10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.	UNDERSTANDING THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS (Con’t)
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.	LUNCH on your own
1:00 p.m. to 2:25 p.m.	UNDERSTANDING STATE LAW RESPONSIBILITIES
2:25 p.m. to 2:35 p.m.	BREAK
2:35 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.	IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE DEFENDANTS – WHO IS HIDING? THEORIES OF LIABILITY – DON’T GET CAUGHT SHORTHANDED INVESTIGATION OF THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKING CASE 1. Scene Investigation – Speed, Speed, Speed 2. General Investigation – What to Obtain and How to Obtain It 3. Data Collection Devices on Commercial Trucks 4. Computer Information Sources
3:30 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.	BREAK
3:35 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.	DISCOVERY 1. Establishing a Proven Discovery Plan 2. Documents – That They Do Not Want You to Have a. Generated during a trip b. Kept or maintained by carrier c. Maintained by third parties d. Document retention requirements – Spoliation 3. Use of experts a. Issues necessitating expert testimony b. Sources of trucking experts 4. Depositions – Who to Depose and Why a. Expanding the Scope of Admissible Evidence to Establishing Liability
4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	PUNITIVE DAMAGES – WHAT CONDUCT TO LOOK FOR 1. Tired truckers 2. Alcohol/Drugs 3. Maintenance 4. Investigation of Driver’s Background
5:00 p.m.	ADJOURN

Open Enrollment

Registration is open to all interested parties including attorneys, judges, legal assistants, and law office staff. Walk–ins will be accepted on a space–available basis. If you plan to attend and do not pre-register, please call the UM–CLE office at (662) 915-7283 to determine space availability. Written materials will be given on the day of the seminar. Pre-registration is encouraged.

Registration

Please complete the registration form and return it along with your payment to the address listed on the form. To register by fax, please complete the form and include your Visa or MasterCard number and expiration date. The fax number is (662) 915-5138, or register using our secure online registration. Registrants will receive additional information with their written confirmation from UM-CLE.

CLE Credit

This course offered by UM–CLE has been approved by the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6 CLE credits. Registrants seeking mandatory CLE credit from another state should contact UM-CLE in advance of the seminar.

Cancellations

Refunds will be given as follows:

Two or more business days prior to the seminar, registration fee less a $25 administrative charge.
One business day prior to the seminar, materials and registration fee less $75 OR transfer the registration fee to someone else in your firm or to an upcoming CLE seminar.
No call, no show will receive materials only, no refunds.

In the unlikely event a seminar is canceled, registrants will be notified and issued full refunds.

Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at The Hilton Garden Inn Meridian, 109 Highway 11 and 80. Please call the hotel directly at (601) 485-3506 to reserve your room. Mention this seminar to receive a room from our block.

Accommodation of Special Needs

If you require special assistance relating to a disability, please contact Renee Moore at (662) 915-7283 prior to the seminar.

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