The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that Amazon is a “seller” as that term is defined in the Second Restatement of Torts. As a result, Amazon will have to defend a product, sold through its website, that caused injury because the manufacturer cannot be located. The underlying lawsuit stemmed from an…
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A crashed into two vehicles in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 7, 2019. The accident occurred on I-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut and involved a Connecticut State Police cruiser that was stopped to assist a disabled motorist. The lights of the police cruiser were activated and flares were placed in the roadway, but the…
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E-cigarette retailer, Juul, was recently sued by an ex-senior vice president for retaliation because he raised concern over Juul’s decision to sell contaminated pods to the public, according to the lawsuit. The allegations stem from a March 12, 2019, executive team meeting during which it was revealed that some batches of mint e-liquid were found…
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AutoNation sells used vehicles with unrepaired defects, according to a new report from the US PIRG Education Fund and the Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety Foundation. AutoNation operates more than 300 dealerships nationwide and is the largest car retailer in the United States. The report surveyed 2,429 vehicles and found 285 unrepaired safety recalls…
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General Motors recently issued a recall for 3.5 million U.S. pickup trucks and SUVs to address a vacuum pump issue that makes braking more difficult and has been linked to 113 accidents and 13 injuries. GM previously issued a recall in Canada for 300,000 vehicles. The affected vehicles are the 2014-2018 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado,…
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A Hidalgo County jury recently issued an $80 million verdict to a truck driver who fell asleep while driving along I-59 in Alabama in 2015. The plaintiff, Lauro Lozano, sued his bosses for forcing him to falsify his logs and continue driving when he should have taken a 34-hour restart. On May 3, 2015, Mr….
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Women wearing seat belts are significantly more likely to suffer injury than their male counterparts. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics shows that belted female auto occupants have 73 % greater odds of being seriously injured in frontal car crashes compared to belted males. The difference…
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Texas typically has around 3,900 roadway fatalities annually and the Houston region leads the nation’s major metro areas in avoidable roadway deaths. In 2019, there were 1,857 roadway fatalities in the first six months of the year, which is about 50 less than last year. However, the Texas Transportation Commission recently ordered officials from the…
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