Honda Fined $70M for Failing to Report Defects
The year 2014 saw more motor-vehicle recalls than any year in history. While recalls are often prompted by injuries or deaths found to have been caused by specific vehicle or vehicle safety-equipment defects, others may be instituted upon discovery of defects that have not yet led to injury-causing accidents. Recalls made for either reason are […]
Dangerous Guardrails Have Been Banned in at Least 31 States
Trinity Industries, the manufacturer of ET-Plus roadside guardrails used in states across the country, agreed on October 24, 2014, to stop selling the guardrails until additional tests can be made to assess their safety. The guardrails line the highways and roads of nearly every state in the nation, and more than 30 states have already […]
GM Recalls Over 57,000 Chevrolet Impalas for Power Steering Defect
On July 23, 2014, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the recall by General Motors LLC (GM) of 57,242 vehicles for a power-steering defect that can increase the risk of a crash in the affected cars. The recalled vehicles include certain model year 2014 Chevrolet Impalas manufactured between November 5, 2012, and December […]
Another GM Recall for a Different Ignition Defect
GM’s ignition-switch defect problems have been in national news for quite some time, and now the manufacturer is faced with another ignition-related defect that has prompted yet another recall. In August 2014, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the recall of 202,155 GM vehicles. The recall includes certain model year 2002 to 2004 […]
Airplane Crash Injury Lawyer – Killino Firm
The recent airplane crash that resulted in the death of seven, including well-known businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz, may have been caused by pilot error, according to preliminary reports by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB’s investigation, which includes inspection of the plane’s flight-data recorder, is reported to have revealed no evidence that […]
2013 Skagit River Bridge Collapse
Additional details came to light this month regarding the May 2013 collapse of the Skagit River Bridge in Washington State. Though the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has yet to issue its final report, certain information regarding the likely causes of the bridge’s collapse has already been released. The collapse occurred shortly after a truck—which […]
Fatal Los Angeles bus and tow truck accident
A 47-year old bus driver has been killed in an auto collision that occurred in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Olivia Gamboa of Montebello, a Metro bus driver, collided with a flatbed truck when the truck driver failed to stop at a red light while going southbound on Broadway, according on witnesses and camera evidence. […]
New York Trucking Accident Kills Seven People
A placid, upstate New York community was struck by tragedy on Wednesday night. A crash that left veteran firefighters speechless claimed the lives of four small children and three adults. The trailer of a salvage truck broke free and skirted across the lonely stretch of Route 13 before slamming into the mini-van that the victims […]
Motorcycle Accidents Claim Lives Nationwide
Former editor of Ms. Magazine and renowned feminist Mary Thom was killed last Friday in a motorcycle accident in Yonkers, New York. According to close friend and publisher of Ms. Magazine, Eleanor Smeal, Thom was driving along a parkway when her motorcycle crashed. Thom was 68. Thom had taken her motorcycle, a 1996 Honda Magna […]
Philadelphia Bus Crash Kills Pregnant Woman
A bus accident in Philadelphia, Penn. that took the life of three passengers is under investigation by local authorities. A bus transporting the Seton Hill women’s lacrosse team ran off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and collided with a tree. Of the passengers, the team’s coach, the unborn child she was carrying and the driver of the […]