Posts tagged auto

• Kia Motors Loses Appeal in Defective Airbag Case

  Mike Ferrara | August 10, 2011 7:46 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Texas appeals court has refused to grant Kia Motors Corp.'s appeal of a $4.4 million judgment against the company, whose defective airbag in a Kia Spectra was ruled responsible for a woman’s...

• Industries Will Make Themselves Money, But Won’t Make Themselves Safer

  Mike Ferrara | April 18, 2011 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In almost every industry, the push for more safety regulations is met with resistance to change on the part of the people making money. A common argument is, “Our product meets all government...

• Driving Drowsy in New Jersey Can Mean Serious Jail Time

  Mike Ferrara | January 03, 2011 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Not everyone realizes that fatigue can impair your ability to safely drive a car as much as alcohol can. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one in every six fatal car...

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

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

  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...

• Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Floor Mats Causing Accelerators to Stick

  Camryn Hansen | October 04, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it’s recalling 3.8 million US vehicles—the largest US recall in the company’s history—to deal with a problem of...

• Understanding Your Car Insurance Policy

  Kate Reilly | July 15, 2009 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsNewark, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Car insurance is something that nearly all states require and something that all responsible drivers know they ought to have. For many drivers, their understanding of their auto insurance policy...

• AAJ: Let's Make Buses, Trucks Safer with Better Driver Fatigue & Roof Crush Standards

  Mike Ferrara | April 27, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  In light of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) recent conclusion that a combination of driver fatigue and a lack of federal safety standards protecting bus...

• New Jersey Passes Law to Limit Teen Auto Accidents

  Mike Ferrara | April 16, 2009 8:47 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed two new bills aimed at making teen driving safer. The first bill, named Kyleigh's Law after 16-year-old Kyleigh D'Alessio, an honors student...

• 20 Law Firms Working Pro Bono for Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

  Mike Ferrara | April 12, 2009 6:03 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the next 60 days, a team of 20 Minnesota law firms will file more than 100 negligence lawsuits in connection with the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured...

• AAJ: Auto Roof Crush Standards are Outdated, Ineffective

  Camryn Hansen | April 10, 2009 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As the Obama administration named Charles Hurley the new administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the American Association for Justice (AAJ) asked that that...