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By Mark Perkins
In Quality of Life
Posted September 9, 2017

Finding Purpose Beyond Making Money

I post periodically on LinkedIn in an ongoing blog about “expectations of….” Recently, I started what I hope to be a dialogue about “finding your purpose” using some [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Accident Investigation
Posted July 8, 2017

How to Locate Where a Driver Was Before or After an Accident from Cellphone Data

Suppose a driver said she was coming from a certain direction, but you question if it’s  true. Is there a way to analyze the cellphone GPS data to determine where she was coming from before [...]

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 Rapid Response Investigation: Louisiana Work Product-Privileged Information?
By Mark Perkins
In Accident Investigation, Discovery
Posted May 4, 2017

Rapid Response Investigation: Louisiana Work Product-Privileged Information?

Like many of my peers in defending trucking companies, I am often called upon to oversee the investigation of catastrophic accidents. I doing so, I retain the experts and field adjusters to [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Broker Liability
Posted April 14, 2016

Broker Liability in Trucking Accidents After MAP-21

This federal statute was implemented on October 1, 2013.   The section of the statute most important for discussion here is 49 USC §14916. Whereas, prior to passage of this statute, entities [...]

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 15 Trial Tips for  Novice Trucking Defense Attorneys (or “Other” Attorneys)
By Mark Perkins
In Litigation
Posted April 9, 2016

15 Trial Tips for Novice Trucking Defense Attorneys (or “Other” Attorneys)

As you may know, I started my legal career as a prosecutor. I literally tried hundreds of  bench trial and scores of jury trials. In five years as a prosecutor, I was fortunate to have tried more [...]

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 Isn’t It Time To Start Filing Sanctions For Dumbass…Frivolous Claims?
By Mark Perkins
In General
Posted March 20, 2016

Isn’t It Time To Start Filing Sanctions For Dumbass…Frivolous Claims?

Curious? Have you ever requested sanctions for a frivolous lawsuit or meritless defenses?   In Louisiana, the  Code of Civil Procedure article 863(B)(1)  states that no pleading should be [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Insurance Coverage
Posted January 28, 2016

Trucking: Bobtail Coverage Course & Scope of Driver on Personal Mission (like going to lunch)

You have a driver delivering a load, but he is about to use up his hours of service. He drops his load, unhitches the trailer and take the tractor on personal mission. In route on the personal [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery
Posted January 9, 2016

The Enigma of Getting Medical Records and Depositions From the Veterans’ Administration

Our firm would like to depose some of the doctors at the VA who treated a veteran. When contact was made with the VA hospital to get the dates when those doctors were available, the VA informed [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Broker Liability
Posted November 6, 2015

Updates on Broker Liability In Trucking Defense Litigation

“The Impact of Sperl” posted on this blog in March 2012 remains one of the most viewed posts. Undoubtedly the impact of the Sperl decision of over $23 million against of the largest, [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In General
Posted October 16, 2015

The Continued Debate on Discoverability of Social Media

The following is just another case (one of the most recent in Louisiana federal courts) on the issue: Are a plaintiff’s Facebook pictures discoverable when they are asserting a personal injury [...]

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