(Judgment for Breach of Contract Reversed as Trial Court Should Have Granted Leave to Amend Complaint For Bad Faith)

(Genuine Dispute Rule Did Not Bar Claim For Bad Faith)

(Insurer Entitled to Maintain Subrogation Action Against Subcontractors for Reimbursement of Defense Costs Based on Indemnity Clauses in Contracts with Developer/General Contractor)

(Question of Fact As To Whether Coverage Afforded by Homeowners’ Policy Was Substantially Equivalent to Insurance Code Section 2071 Required Reversal of Summary Judgment)

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently declared that a nationwide emergency continues to exist that warrants extension and expansion of Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 under 49 CFR § 390.25, issued on March 13, 2020, expanded on March 18, 2020, extended and further expanded on April 8, 2020, and once again further extended on May 13, 2020, continuing the exemption granted from Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) for the fifty States and the District of Columbia through June 14, 2020.

In this interview, Denver Partner Katherine Vaughn speaks with William Bortles, Principal Accident Reconstructionist at Kineticorp, to learn more about telematics and passenger vehicle infotainment systems.

If your small business is minority-owned, you may consider taking advantage of various programs dedicated to increasing your opportunities of being successful in this competitive marketplace. Becoming formally certified as a minority-owned business by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) may give you an edge in marketing your business to potential customers and even reduce your competition for public contracts.

The long-standing case law in Nevada was that a common carrier owed a heightened duty of care to its passengers, at least for transportation-related risks. Cases following this traditional rule reasoned that a common carrier must exercise extraordinary care because "the passenger places himself or herself in the care of that common carrier and is unable to use his or her own faculties to prevent or avoid accidents and so is forced to rely on the common carrier to ensure that accidents are avoided."