Posts tagged bus

• Enterprise Holding Up Rental Car Safety Bill

  Brett Emison | May 07, 2012 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Rental car giant, Enterprise, says, we'll pick you up, but if Enterprise gets its way, it might pick you up in a vehicle recalled because of safety defects. Under current law, rental...

• Rental Car Roulette: Will Car Rental Companies Stop Renting Recalled Vehicles?

  Brett Emison | February 21, 2012 9:18 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Under current law, rental car companies like Hertz, Enterprise, Avis, Budget, etc. can rent you a vehicle that has been recalled for a safety defect... and you might never even know it. A NHTSA...

• Faces of Lawsuit Abuse: Tami Martin

  Brett Emison | February 07, 2012 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The United States Chamber of Commerce has an entire web site dedicated to destroying the fundamental right of trial by jury. The Chamber's site - Faces of Lawsuit Abuse (you can find it if...

• DWD (Distracted While Driving) Becoming an Epidemic

  Lindsay Rakers | December 22, 2011 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, just in the year 2009, nearly 5,500 people died in an accident that involved distracted driving and an additional 450,000...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: December 16, 2011

  Brett Emison | December 16, 2011 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Court Denies Defense Motion Seeking To Obtain Plaintiff's Social Network Information [Scott Cooper at The Injury Board] ...

• NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Cell Phone Use After Mo School Bus Crash

  Brett Emison | December 14, 2011 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The 5-member National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) board unanimously agreed in recommending that states ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in...

• Drive Now - Talk Later! NTSB Suggests FULL Ban on Driving and Talking

  Lindsay Rakers | December 13, 2011 9:23 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a recent study at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, a safety-critical event is 163 times more likely if a driver is somehow accessing the internet. While the statistics for...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: November 25, 2011

  Brett Emison | November 25, 2011 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. If you're in the reading mood, here is the legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Another Isolated Incident...

• Faces of Lawsuit Abuse: Aaliyah George

  Brett Emison | November 17, 2011 11:21 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Aaliyah George was a normal, energetic two-year-old girl. She was riding in her car seat in the rear of a Dodge Neon, behind her grandmother who was driving. While stopped at a stoplight, another...

• US Chamber Hypocrisy On Lawsuit Abuse

  Brett Emison | October 26, 2011 1:07 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The American Association for Justice has released a scathing report on the hypocrisy of US Chamber of Commerce and its members regarding tort reform, access to civil justice, and lawsuit abuse. The...