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SALT LAKE CITY — Lawyers at American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council meeting March 23-25 reached agreement on one thing about disputes over liability in freight loss and damage claims cases: There is no sure, hard and fast route to victory.

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In separate appearances, American Trucking Associations leaders spoke at the Truckload Carriers Association's annual meeting in San Antonio. Walter B. McCormick Jr., ATA's president and chief executive officer, discussed the industry's lobbying successes, while ATA Chairman Duane Acklie emphasized that trucking groups have plenty of common ground.

When Silver Eagle Co.'s document-imaging system crashed into the dust, it pulled the 70-year-old trucking company down with it.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed budget, for the fiscal year that starts in October, contains large allocations to beef up operations along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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