Automobile Accidents

• KidsAndCars.org joins the InjuryBoard Blog

  Janette Fennell | April 08, 2009 4:31 PM | 8 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Greetings! Janette Fennell from KidsAndCars.org here. We are very excited about being invited to become a part of the InjuryBoard blog. Many thanks to Mike Ferrara for providing an account for...

• Toyota's Recall Not Nearly Large Enough, Lawsuit Says: 13 More Models at Risk

  Mike Ferrara | February 02, 2010 10:46 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  According to a lawsuit recently filed in West Virginia, Toyota’s 2-million-vehicle recall last month neglected to include all of the vehicles that pose a threat to consumers. ...

• Another Teen Car Crash Death - We Must Stop the 123 Auto Deaths That Happen Each Day

  Mike Ferrara | July 07, 2007 2:27 AM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  With the advent of Google News, it is possible to find all the car crashes that happen each day relatively soon after they occur. If you set your Google Alert for the words "car crash" or "auto crash" it will prove to be a horrendous experience. Every single day there are heartbreaking stories about those killed in auto crashes. The latest is a 16 year old rear seat passenger who died...

• Accident? Insurance Will Fix Your Car; Diminished Value is Your Problem

  Mike Ferrara | September 05, 2011 2:07 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that insurance customers have no right to compensation for the loss in value that occurs when their vehicles are wrecked in crashes and then repaired through...

• Greyhound Bus Flips on PA Turnpike – Too Many Bus Accidents!

  Mike Ferrara | August 16, 2011 2:14 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Last Saturday around 6 a.m., a Greyhound bus headed to St. Louis via Pittsburgh flipped over onto its side on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Lebanon-Lancaster exit, after stopping in...

• New Evidence in Toyota Vehicular Homicide Case Points to Faulty Cruise Control

  Mike Ferrara | April 22, 2010 8:31 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The conviction of a man sentenced to eight years in prison for vehicular homicide is being re-examined in light of the recent Toyota recalls for unintended acceleration. And a new...

• Former Head of NHTSA: Agency is Weak & Underfunded

  Camryn Hansen | February 26, 2010 10:32 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Joan Claybrook, who headed the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration from 1977-1981, testified at the Congressional Toyota hearings on Wednesday that the agency is lacking in a...

• Supreme Court Ruling Means More Rights for New Jersey Auto Accident Victims

  Mike Ferrara | December 19, 2009 9:22 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The term “verbal threshold” is confusing to a lot of people. Essentially, when there is an auto accident in a state with a no-fault insurance law and someone is injured, invoking the...

• Before you turn the key; make sure you can see

  Janette Fennell | April 24, 2009 12:25 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  At least 16 children have lost their lives in nontraffic incidents so far this MONTH (April); almost one child every day. These tragic headlines should be a warning for all of us. Take...

• When Driving, Put Everything Else Away! This Means Everything.

  Mike Ferrara | May 10, 2012 7:38 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  But it’s so incredibly tempting to try to sneak in that tiny little text message while you’re stopped at a light, then keep going once the light turns green. It won’t hurt...