Posts tagged seatbelt

• Subaru Recalling 275,000 Foresters for Seatbelt Retractor Problem

  Greg Webb | March 22, 2012 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to a March 15 article in The Detroit News by David Shepardson, Subaru is recalling an estimated 275,000 of the 2009-2012 Subaru Foresters, to replace the automatic locking retractor in...

• Honda Recalls Pilot SUVs Due to Seatbelt Problems

  Greg Webb | September 15, 2011 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As we approach National Child Passenger Safety Week (September 18-24, 2011), Honda Motor Co. will recall 310,773 Pilot Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) due to seatbelt defects. The seatbelts of the...

• Many potential causes of permanent neck and spine injury in rollover crashes

  Doug Landau | December 09, 2010 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Having represented injured car crash victims in car rollover accidents, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau has seen the various ways that occupants can be permanently injured due to several...

• Punishment trumps self-preservation: American seat belt use

  Doug Landau | October 24, 2010 9:23 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Everyone at Abrams Landau was surprised to find out that in matters of traffic safety, drivers respond more readily to the threat of punishment than safety enticements. A National Highway Traffic...

• New Virginia Seatbelt Law passed to promote teen passengers' safety

  Doug Landau | September 02, 2010 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  At Landau Law Shop, we often see the tragedy of young car crash victims who have been permanently injured. A new law has been passed in the commonwealth regarding seatbelt use. Anyone under the age...

• Virginia Ranks Poorly on Highway Safety List

  Jim Lewis | January 12, 2010 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Virginia (VA) finished near the bottom on a list ranking states for highway safety. The list was created by the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (AHAS), a non-profit organization which...

• Mise Family grieves over loss in Virginia Beach, Virginia

  Emily Mapp Brannon | October 23, 2009 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I am stricken with emotion as I read the most recent story about the Mise family relating to the wreck on October 20, 2009 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This family of six endured a horrible loss on...

• Reduced Traffic Deaths May Mean More Serious Injuries

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | October 14, 2009 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The percentage of people killed in highway accidents has been steadily decreasing over the past few years and we’re at the lowest percentage of highway fatalities since 1961, according to the...

• Traffic Fatalities Drop, But Each Loss Is Tragic

  Randy Appleton | October 11, 2009 4:03 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Good news on the trend toward fewer deaths on the nation’s roads and highways was tempered last Friday by a report of yet another fatal car crash in Newport News. The National Highway...

• Accident Emphasizes Importance Of Seatbelts In Car Safety

  Randy Appleton | May 29, 2009 11:48 AM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jacqueline Yarborough of Hampton, Virginia (VA) and Marion Benson of Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), were involved in a serious car accident on May 28, 2009 and had to be airlifted to the hospital from...