The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to start a rulemaking process that would protect kids from the strangulation hazard that comes with window coverings with exposed or dangling cords. October is Window Covering Safety Month. A child’s neck can get caught and tangled up cord, resulting in strangulation…
The families of Amy Rademaker, 15, and Natasha Weigel, 18, have agreed to take the wrongful death settlement offers made to them by General Motors from its victim compensation fund. Weigel and Rademaker were killed following a 2006 car crash involving a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that appears to have been…
Ford Motor Co. recalled nearly 850,000 vehicles, including two of its most popular models, last week over concerns that an electrical glitch could cause the vehicle’s air bags to malfunction during an accident. According to reports by the Wall Street Journal, the Michigan automaker recalled 2013 and 2014 model year…
A state judge is allowing the wrongful death lawsuit that first brought to light General Motors’ faulty ignition switch problem to be reopened. The automaker had sought to have the auto products liability case, which had already been settled, stopped. The parents of Brooke Melton had resolved the case with…
According to an article published by the National Trial Lawyers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that Hyundai will pay $17.35 million in civil penalties and comply with NHTSA oversight requirements for failing to report a safety-related defect in one of its car models. The defect in…
Each year, millions of vehicles are recalled in the United States because of safety defects or noncompliance with federal safety standards. To assist car buyers, owners and renters in figuring out whether their vehicles are safe and there are no outstanding safety defects, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway…
Over 600 victims involved in crashes with recalled General Motors cars have gone to federal court to seek compensation from the automaker, CNN reports. According to CNN, the majority of the victims of this case, including 29 people who died, are not eligible to receive compensation from the fund that…
Automaker General Motors is recalling yet another 822,000 cars in six new recalls, upping its total number of recalls this year to 60 recalls. The new recalls means that already this year, GM has recalled 29 million million autos globally. The latest recall involves numerous safety issues, including those affecting…
A jury has ordered Honda Motor Co. to pay $55.3 million to a man who is now paralyzed. Carlos Martinez, 57, contended that a faulty seat belt design in his Acura Integra led to his spinal cord injuries. The seat belt defect-related accident occurred in 2010. One of the tires…
General Motors has yet again announced six new safety recalls today making it the single largest collective recall for the company this year. This new round of recalls involves more than 7.5 million vehicles in the United States. To date, the company has called back more than 25 million vehicles…