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Automotive Product Liability for Pedestrian Impacts
L&E attorney Michael Serra takes a look at pedestrian accidents in America, where people walking on the struck are tragically hit by cars — and how government agencies could do more to help stop them.
Increasing Injuries, Deaths from Keyless Vehicles
Keyless ignition has been a topic in the news a lot lately. This blog post looks at an under-reported issue with keyless car technology.
Are the Current Minimum Car Insurance Amounts Enough?
This blog post looks at ways that consumers can protect themselves in matters of car insurance and minimum requirements.
Watch the Edge: When Unsafe Pavement Drop-Offs Cause Accidents with Devastating Consequences
L&E attorneys have litigated construction defect cases coast-to-coast. Read this post to learn more about the key elements of what to watch for in a shoulder defect accident.
Autonomous Vehicles Still Raising Safety Concerns
Self-driving cars are gaining headlines nationwide; this blog post looks at potential liability trends pertaining to this new technology.
Identifying Tire Defects in Catastrophic Accidents
Every vehicle accident resulting in catastrophic injury or death should be screened for tire defects as a potential cause of the accident or source of recovery. Defects that can cause a tire to fail may not always be apparent.
Drivers Beware: Toyota, Ford Recall 2.7 Million Vehicles with Deadly Takata Airbags
This week, two major automakers recalled nearly 2.7 million vehicles equipped with the deadly airbags, adding to what was already the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
Examining Defects in Cars’ Fuel Systems
This blog post examines a few of the most common fuel system defects that we’ve identified in our practice of over 25 years working with this type of case.
Defective Front Seats in Cars Lead to Catastrophic Injuries
The seatbacks for front occupants play a vital safety role in rear-end crashes, similar to seatbelts and airbags in frontal crashes. Seatback failures commonly occur because the seats are constructed with weak materials.
Why Vehicle Roofs Collapse in Rollover Crashes
On July 1, 2016, our law firm’s client was driving a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer in Benton County, Missouri. The vehicle traveled through an intersection and off the roadway, overturning once before coming to rest on its wheels. During the rollover, the roof over the driver’s occupant compartment area crushed inward and struck our client, causing a severe spinal cord injury and rendering her a quadriplegic.
When Should an Airbag Inflate?
In recent months, our law firm has seen an increasing number of airbag non-deploy cases resulting in severe injuries and fatalities. These cases typically involve catastrophic failures of passenger presence sensor systems that fail to recognize the passenger seat is occupied, which in turn, disables the airbag.
Self-Driving Cars Rushed to Market at the Expense of Human Safety
The race to bring self-driving cars to market has turned roadways into testing labs and humans into guinea pigs—and the consequences have been deadly.