Posts tagged injury

• 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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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. ...

• Stop The Dog Bite Madness - 4.7M Dog Bites A Year Far Too Many

  Mike Ferrara | June 17, 2007 11:30 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are 4.7 million dog bites a year, 800,000 of which require medical attention. That is 2191 bites a day. Every day. Of these, half involve kids. Of the children bitten, two thirds between the ages 5 and 9 are bitten in the head and neck. There are 386,000 bites that require trips to the ER and a dozen die each year. ...

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

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• More Bad Faith Tire-Related Deaths Lead to Goodyear Recall

  Mike Ferrara | March 03, 2012 6:14 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Too little too late, Goodyear is recalling nearly 41,000 Wrangler Silent Armor flagship tires. If the company had responded to warranty and property damage claims that it had been receiving...

• Before the Recalls: “We Need to Come Clean,” Said Top Toyota Exec

  Mike Ferrara | April 09, 2010 8:53 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Now there is more proof than ever that Toyota knew full well that it had problems with unintended acceleration long before it informed the public or took any action to fix sticking...

• For Three Years, Toyota Ignored Need for Brake Override Software

  Mike Ferrara | March 14, 2010 10:04 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Since 2007, when a number of complaints had already come in saying that Toyotas were accelerating out of control, federal regulators have been asking Toyota to install software in its...

• Two More Runaway Toyota Priuses!

  Mike Ferrara | March 09, 2010 10:30 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the past two days, two more Toyota Priuses have accelerated out of control—one causing the driver to crash into a stone wall. A 56-year-old woman was pulling out of a...

• Toyota Hired Former NHTSA Regulators to Help Deter Recalls

  Mike Ferrara | February 25, 2010 10:58 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Toyota is looking more and more crooked as the days go by. Now, it’s come to light that the car company hired two former regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety...

• Incriminating Toyota Documents Can't Go Public Yet

  Mike Ferrara | February 15, 2010 7:48 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Dimitrios Biller is a former lawyer for Toyota who sued the company in July 2009, claiming that while he worked there, Toyota frequently withheld relevant documents in product-liability suits...