The Story: Having been forced to pay over $1.6 billion due to dangerous acceleration issues in many of their cars, Toyota may now be subject to numerous injury claims as a result of their defective automobiles. Toyota’s troubles began in 2009 when it recalled an historic ten million vehicles due to complaints of unintended acceleration, a serious…
The Story: Garlock Sealing Technologies is attempting to exit bankruptcy by proving that it is not liable for the totality of its victims’ claims. The company is disputing the claimants’ $1.3 billion in damages, asserting that it will owe only $125 million in payments. Garlock is a maker of asbestos gaskets; asbestos is proven to cause lung…
The Story: The safe driving group Center for Defensive Driving (CDD) has filed a class-action lawsuit against Ford claiming the auto manufacturer’s “infotainment system” poses a driving hazard for motorists. The CDD, which claims Ford is aware of the problem but is not taking action, claims that the system’s myriad problems pose a distraction risk for drivers…
The Story: On the heels of an already-massive recall affecting over 800,000 vehicles, Chrysler has called back 51,477 of its Dodge Ram and Jeep Grand Cherokee models due to defective and potentially-dangerous designs. The recall covers three different models: the 2012 Ram 1500, which may experience electronic stability control failure; the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which…
North Carolina Highway Patrol has said that a man from Rocky Mount, NC died in a deadly Greenville, NC car accident Monday morning. Troopers say the Pitt County accident left 54-year-old William Thorpe dead after another vehicle ran a stop sign. According to police, the deadly accident occurred around 8 a.m. near the intersection of…