Car & Truck Accidents Articles

Once again, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Department of Transportation, and against the family of a deceased motorist, in the case of a dangerous highway. The decision was issued in Texas Department of Transportation v. Perches, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2012). In this suit, Jose Perches was killed at the…

Just last week we wrote about the results of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Study that reported how too many people, especially Texans, were driving drowsy or falling asleep at the wheel. Seeming to back up the results of the study, a drowsy driver caused a fatal multi-vehicle crash earlier this week in Houston….

This past week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota’s Lexus luxury brand gave the public its first look at Toyota’s advanced active safety research vehicle (AASRV). According to Toyota officials, the AASRV is designed to test and demonstrate a variety of automated vehicle safety technologies that Toyota could use in production…

General Motors (GM) has recently issued a recall for nearly 69,000 of its vehicles due to the risk of the vehicles unexpectedly rolling away. This recall applies to almost 55,000 vehicles in the United States and another 14,000 in Mexico, Canada, and other parts of the globe. Included in the recall are the 2013 models…

According to an article published by Reuters, Hyundai Motor Company is recalling about 13,500 of its 2012 Veloster models. United States safety regulators have reported that the Veloster’s sunroof may shatter while the car is moving. As per the Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the “panoramic” sunroof may have been weakened during assembly, which…

Anywhere from three to thirty-three percent of fatal motor vehicle accidents that happen each year are connected to drowsy drivers. And, according to the results of a study completed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drivers in Texas are more likely than drivers in any other state to fall asleep while driving….

According to the Associated Press, General Motors is recalling over 145,000 pickups trucks because the hoods can unexpectedly fly open and block the driver’s vision. The recall affects Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize trucks from the 2010 through 2012 model years. The majority of the trucks were sold in North America. The United States…

The Los Angeles Times reported today that Toyota Motor Company has announced an agreement worth more than $1 billion to settle a lawsuit involving unintended acceleration in some of its vehicles. Under the terms of the settlement filed yesterday in California, Toyota will install a brake-override system in an estimated 3.25 million vehicles and compensate…