Personal Injury Law Blog

According to an online news report published on treehugger.com, a new study indicates that light truck vehicles or LTVs, such as pickup trucks and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) have a serious design defect that is killing pedestrians.

According to a report published on abplive.com, scientists are looking to nature to solve the problem of traffic accidents. Scientists have invented an "ultra-low power collision detector" that is based on how locusts avoid collisions at night.

According to a news report on walesonline.co.uk, a new study from Japan shows that requiring seniors to take cognitive tests prior to issuing driver's license renewals cuts down on accidents. However, the number of serious accident injuries among seniors has skyrocketed. In Japan, drivers over the age of 75 are required to take a cognitive test.

According to a news report published on WWLP.com, wrong-way accidents are becoming a growing problem. Following the tragic, fatal wrong-way crash in Connecticut that tragically took the life of a Connecticut State Representative, the Massachusetts State Police reported that wrong-way accidents had become a growing problem.

According to a news report posted todayonline.com, many young people are growing reliant on car-sharing services because these services are very convenient, especially for university students. However, rideshare customers are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of rideshare vehicles. One student stated that he used a car-sharing service, and the vehicle was not well-maintained, and this may have been a safety issue. Now he relies mostly on rideshare services to travel. 

According to a news report published on autoevolution.com, Tesla owners are filing more complaints than ever with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

According to a news report published on CBTNews.com, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened up two additional Tesla fatal accident investigations concerning Tesla's Autopilot or Full Self Driving (FSD) systems. Currently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has more than 40 accident open investigations concerning Tesla's self-driving features. Fourteen of the crash investigations involve fatal accidents. 

According to a child safety report published on FoxBusiness.com, nearly 40,000 sets of children's pajama sets have been recalled after the products failed to meet federal flammability standards.

The CPSC is aware of nearly 70 other incidents where babies slipped out of the rings.

According to a safety alert report published on FoxBusiness.com, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents that infant flotation rings retailed by Otteroo Corporation are too dangerous for babies to use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is also urging parents to "immediately" stop using the infant flotation rings after one bay slipped out of the opening and drowned. That tragic drowning incident occurred about two years ago.

Over 2 million 4moms baby rockers and swings have been recalled due to at least one strangulation death.

According to a safety alert published on FoxBusiness.com, over two million 4moms RockaRoo Baby Rockers & MamaRoo Baby Swings have been recalled after one child was tragically strangulated to death. The affected baby swings and rockers have been sold nationwide. The recall states that the recalled 4moms MamaRoo Baby Swings & RockaRoo Baby Rockers were recalled due to strangulation and entanglement dangers. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), another baby was seriously injured. 

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated that it had launched an investigation into Hertz Car Rental. The investigation involves an accusation that Hertz is renting vehicles that have unrepaired, open recalls to its customers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated in a public filing that it had evidence that suggests "Hertz rented vehicles to customers without having performed required recall repairs."

According to a recent study, "mental overload" was the most cited reason for workplace accidents in the Netherlands. This could also be one of the reasons why workplace accidents have been rising in the past couple of years. In 2021, a fifth of workers who were injured blamed their workplace accident on being psychologically overloaded.

According to an online news report published on deseret.com, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers to present a special checklist that will better inform potential LASIK patients of potential risks before they signup for the eye-correcting surgery. The checklist was prompted after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for patient comments concerning its proposed guidance for individuals who are considering LASIK eye surgery, and it received responses ranging from very happy to "the surgery destroyed my life."

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a Tesla slammed into a police cruiser in Cochise County, Arizona in 2020, sparking an investigation into Tesla's Autopilot. The National Highway Transportation Highway Administration is investigating as many as eight fatal accidents involving Tesla's Autopilot. 

Many people are hospitalized each year with catastrophic injuries due to trampolines. In some cases, trampoline springs have been shot out from their position and into a child's body. 

Tractor-trailer accidents are motor vehicle crashes involving at least one large vehicle, but 18-wheeler truck accident claims present unique challenges.

Drivers today understand that cell phone use while driving is a very risky behavior. However, most people do not understand the science behind this danger to public safety. According to one study, taking one's eyes off the road is not the most significant risk associated with distracted driving. Researchers have found that the gravest danger presented by drivers using cell phones is "Recognition Error."  

A substantial number of drivers continue to put others at unnecessary risk by driving while impaired.

Tire blowouts can be a serious hazard on the road. In some tire blowouts, a motor vehicle will flip over, send the car into oncoming traffic, or cause a collision with pedestrians who are walking or biking on the side of the road.

According to the most recent data provided by the National Safety Council, the number of product injuries declined until 2021. In 2020, the number of product injuries had fallen by 18%.