Posts tagged rollover

• Unsafe Lexus SUVs Pulled from the Market – How Much Was Toyota Hiding?

  Camryn Hansen | April 13, 2010 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After Consumer Reports issued a “do not buy” warning for the Lexus GX 460, having found it patently unsafe in rollover accidents, Toyota (which owns Lexus) announced it would...

• 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...

• 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...

• Toyota is Not Only Deceitful, but Terribly Organized

  Mike Ferrara | April 16, 2010 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, we learned that not long before the massive Toyota recalls began, a top executive told the company, “The time to hide on this one is over. We need to come clean.”...

• 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...

• New Roof Strength Rule Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect in Rollovers

  Mike Ferrara | May 05, 2009 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its new standards for stronger roofs in vehicles, with an aim to reduce passenger injuries and deaths in rollover...

• 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...

• Yamaha Rhino Defect Caused Crushing Injuries – Cases to be Consolidated for Pretrial Proceedings

  Mike Ferrara | February 17, 2009 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week, the Federal Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Panel ruled in favor of creating an MDL for cases involving Yamaha Rhino all-terrain vehicles, to consolidate pretrial proceedings for more...

• Will Ford Successfully Reverse $3M Settlement for Juror Misconduct in Rollover/Paralysis Claim?

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2009 9:47 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Brownsville, Texas woman Rosa Martinez who was paralyzed in 2002 from the neck down in a Ford Explorer rollover accident has not yet received any of the $3 million settlement that Ford Motor...