Plaintiffs in two separate federal bellwether cases against General Motors (GM) have won their claims against the automobile manufacturer and its faulty ignition switches. The settlements involve two women who were seriously injured while driving at low speeds and suddenly lost control of their vehicles. In one case in Virginia, […]
Category: Product Defect
What’s in a name? According to a trio of plaintiffs who in June 2016 sued cereal maker Post, a lot more than Shakespeare’s Juliet would have Romeo believe. The three class-action complaints center on a name – “natural” – that the food manufacturer uses to describe its products, specifically Shredded […]
I want “all natural” in everything I consume. Why? Because it is better for you. Right? What does natural mean to us? “Unaffected”, “genuine”, “native” “natural”. All clean feeling words that provide the impression that something is good for you, or at least its natural and so it not bad […]
CPSC Issues National Campaign To Curb Accidents from Falling Furniture One child dies every two weeks from falling furniture in the home, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The public became very much aware of that startling statistic following the death of a two-year-old by an Ikea dresser – […]
The first known death caused by a vehicle being operated in autopilot mode was reported by automaker Tesla Motors last month. This seriously highlights the potential shortcomings of vehicles that operate without human input. Since that time, there have been several other accidents that allegedly can be blamed on deficiencies within […]
A vehicle flagged for a potentially fatal flaw in April 2016 has been linked to hundreds of needless accidents and injuries and now a death. Actor Anton Yelchin, 27, was killed two months after the automaker issued a recall notice on the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Yelchin owned one and […]
The new highway bill that recently was signed into law seems to have been influenced by the automotive industry because it does not require used-car dealerships to make repairs on vehicles with open recalls, leaving buyers fending for themselves. Conversely, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act requires – finally […]
News of “Dieselgate” broke in the Fall 2014, when vaunted vehicle-maker Volkswagen was accused of dodging federal emissions laws by rigging its automobiles so they would pass smog tests. The summer of 2015 saw the scandal came to a dramatic climax as government lawyers made headlines by announcing a $14.7 […]
Report calls for a stop to death and injuries — 11 deaths and over 100 injuries The “largest and most complex safety recall in U.S. history,” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, took another troublesome twist June 1 when a report found that four automobile manufacturers still are […]
NHTSA Calls Controversy ‘Largest and Most Complex Safety Recall in U.S. History’ The consumer-safety threat posed by defective airbags in millions of vehicles worldwide has escalated again. On June 2, seven automobile manufacturers added millions more makes and models to a growing recall list that has almost every driver wondering […]
