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e did it! Thanks to the strong leadership of President John This year the Executive Committee meeting was held in Milwaukee. Wilcox and conference Co-Chairs Jeff Pincus and Bridgette I had never been to Milwaukee but came away quite impressed. Blitch, the Annual Conference was held live and was a great sucIn addition to the photographic memories from this summer’s cess. Blazing a trail back to normalcy, the membership reopened meetings, this issue contains some very timely articles for those of the beautiful surroundings of Lake Tahoe as tourists and confer- us in the trenches fighting the good fight for our clients every day. ence attendees alike. Restaurants may not have yet opened; Tammy Meyer looks at what happened when COVID-19 changed shuttle buses were sporadic and rental cars scarce, but none of traffic patterns and usage of the roads and highways. Art Spratlin’s that stopped a great time with a very big dose of education. The article on autonomous vehicles provides an update on where and one trait that transportation attorneys have, in addition to learn- when artificial intelligence will be taking on the responsibilities of ing, improving, and passing down the knowledge our drivers. Steven Belgrade and Adam McCabe of a unique but historical area of the law, is we are revisit the Carmack Amendment. Greg Summy usually very skilled in the ability to navigate the follows up on Jameson Rice’s presentation at the airports and highways of the world. This trait was Annual Conference on consolidation of the railcalled upon by all as we traveled to beautiful Lake roads. Chris Cotter looks at the medical emergency Tahoe and Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley. defense and whether the driver’s medical certificate is sufficient to relieve the driver or the employee A return to pre-pandemic normalcy appeared when an accident results from a driver’s medical to have finally arrived; however, many of us in condition. Campbell Roper looks at investigating the South and Gulf Coast are once again caught fraudulent truck accidents and ways to combat those in the riptide of another COVID-19 wave. If you that stage accidents with the hope of getting a large have not read the collection of articles in the July settlement. Chris Whitten looks at a recent case issue, it is not too late. I was concerned that the in Indiana that addressed whether the motor cartiming between writing the articles, getting them Eric R. Benton rier’s MCS-90 endorsement is available for intrastate published and then into the hands of the members moves. Finally, on a lighter note, Kathleen Jeffries would result in the articles being stale. That worry reviews the history behind the prestigious Bull Shipper’s Award. did not come to pass as the Delta variant of COVID-19 has the world reexamining vaccination policies. These articles address whether I would like to thank all of the authors for their hard work in employers can force their employees to get vaccinated. putting these articles together. If you get a chance, please let them In this issue of The Transportation Lawyer, we have the always know that you have read their articles. Please consider writing an popular photographs from the Annual Conference. I also have article yourself for a future edition. Not only does it look good on included some photographs from the summer Executive Committee your curriculum vitae, you might just learn something too. meeting held each year to review the budget and association issues.
TTL Call for Articles We are looking for more featured articles and/or case notes for upcoming issues. This is an opportunity for TLA and CTLA members to write on timely issues which will allow greater exposure among our memberships. This will give you nationwide recognition and is a great way to expand your networking abilities as part of a well-respected and widely read industry publication. The submission deadline for the next publication is November 16, 2021. Please direct any questions and submissions to TTL Editor Eric R. Benton at erb@lorancethompson.com.
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Transportation Lawyers Association • Canadian Transport Lawyers Association • October 2021, Vol. 23, No. 2
