In the wake of a potentially deadly discovery regarding their parking brakes, Toyota has recalled 340,000 2016 & 2017 Prius cars globally, 92,000 of which are in the U.S. The cars in question were produced between August 2015 and October 2016. Reports are stating the parking brake could become inoperative, which could cause a potential car accident if [...]
Attempting to repair the damage to its brand from faulty smartphones that have burned at least 13 people, Samsung Electronics on Thursday widened its recall and increased incentives to persuade customers to return their Note 7s. Samsung also increased its recall to 1.9 million Note 7 phones, which includes the 1 million Galaxy Note 7s initially recalled on September 15th [...]
If you’re walking down the street and you trip and fall on a poorly maintained sidewalk outside of a city government building, can you sue the city for your injuries? It is possible to sue a city for some types of accidents, but lawsuits against city government are generally more complicated than an injury case would be [...]
Automobile recalls have been in the news a lot lately, and unfortunately this blog post is no exception. GM and Volkswagen have recently issued several recalls in the latest development of faulty vehicle equipment, totaling more than 1.1 vehicles combined. Photo: Jochen Lübke/dpa Volkswagen Recall Volkswagen released a statement on [...]
It’s the hottest item on people’s Christmas lists this year: the wildly popular hoverboard. These hands-free Segways are becoming popular with young and old alike. With increased popularity have come increasing reports of injury. Originally, a small handful of companies released this product with a hefty price tag to go along with it. However, [...]
Accidents happen. Sometimes accidents are no one’s fault; they just happen, and you must simply deal with the consequences and move forward. Unfortunately, many accidents never should have happened and only occurred because someone made a mistake, was careless or inattentive, exercised poor judgment, or failed to consider the possibility of accidents in their design, [...]
Slip and fall injuries can happen to anyone at any time. Falls account for over 8 million hospital emergency room visits, representing the leading cause of visits (21.3%). Slips and falls account for over 1 million visits, or 12% of total falls. Sometimes, slip & fall accidents are just accidents [...]
If you've been watching or reading the news lately, you've probably seen some information regarding the Takata airbag recall. Takata is a global supplier of auto systems and have been under some scrutiny recently. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)have been investigating since the airbags have been linked [...]
Cycling may be good for you, but is also dangerous, particularly if you are male, over 20 years old, and riding in California. Statistics show that between 2010 and 2012, over three hundred cyclists in California were killed in accidents involving motorists, the majority of them involving males of 20 years old. While California bicycle [...]
A brain injury occurs once every seven seconds in the U.S. and 50% of all cases are caused by a motor vehicle (according to Brainline.org). Luckily, many of these traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are concussions which are fairly temporary and fully reversible. The classification of injury is made based on the amount of damage done [...]
