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Bloomberg
News, "Ford Loses Appeal in Windstar
Seat Belt Suit"
Ford
Motor Co. lost its appeal of a $30-million verdict
by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury that
found the company sold Windstar minivans with
a defective seat belts.
Ford was sued by relatives
of Johan Karlsson, who was 5 years old in 1996 when the family's minivan hit
a roll of steel that fell from a truck on a highway, breaking the child's spine
and leaving him a paraplegic.
Connecticut
urged federal regulators on Tuesday to probe
possible acceleration flaws in late-model Jeep
Grand Cherokees after a 52-year-old man was run
over and killed by one in a car wash.
Connecticut authorities
said they had received several reports of Jeep Grand Cherokees suddenly accelerating
out of car washes while changing gears to drive from neutral. More...
Ten
thousand fatal automobile crashes a year, or
nearly one-third of such accidents in the U.S.,
could be prevented if more vehicles were equipped
with technology that helps to keep them from
rolling over, the insurance industry says in
a study released today. More...
June 13, 2006
Bloomberg
News, "Chrysler Recalls Grand Cherokees
for Seat Fires"
DaimlerChrysler's
Chrysler unit recalled 111,687 Jeep Grand Cherokees
after some heated front seats on the sport utility
vehicles caught fire.
The carmaker received
32 reports of fires or overheating, with 15 injuries, said a spokesman at Chrysler's
headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. He said at least six lawsuits had been filed
by owners who were burned. The recall affects 2003 and 2004 models.
Also, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Volkswagen was recalling 1998 through
2000 models of its Audi A6 and S6 models for a second time. A short circuit in
dashboard wiring might not have been properly repaired after a 2004 recall, the
agency said.
A
toddler was killed Tuesday night in front of
his Cobb County home when a minivan, with its
engine off, rolled over him. According to police,
another child had been able to shift the minivan
out of "park" setting the vehicle in
motion. More...
A Fayette County man was killed in a wreck Sunday, marking what appears to be the state's 21st ATV death in 2006, according to people who track the state's ATV death toll. More...
Steeltex
tires from Bridgestone Corp. are being reviewed
by U.S. auto safety regulators after a Pasadena
lawyer claimed they were linked to accidents
that killed 57 people. More...
General
Motors Corp. is recalling about 400,000 pickup
trucks due to defective brake lights. The affected
vehicles are the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon
from the 2004-2006 model years and the 2006 Isuzu
i-280 and i-350. More...
Every
summer, hundreds of drivers experience sudden
and sometimes catastrophic tread separations
mostly caused by a combination of poor maintenance,
tire damage and excess heat. More...
The
Explorer rolled over in the road and continued
into the median between the northbound and
southbound I-25 lanes. The Explorer came to
rest on its roof. More...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed an $18.6 million verdict for the plaintiff in a roof-crush case involving a 1996 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer. The state high court rejected the contention of defendant General Motors Corp. that the jury was improperly instructed and improperly denied a fourth verdict form. More...
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50 attorneys in three offices nationwide, Lieff Cabraser
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U.S. Since our founding in 1972, we have handled and
resolved thousands of personal injury cases in state
and federal courts throughout the country. For the
last five years, the National Law Journal has
selected Lieff Cabraser as one of the nation's top
plaintiffs' firms.
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