Honda is recalling approximately 1.5 million vehicles after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials called for updates in software that controls the automatic transmission in 2005-2010 Accords, 2007-2010 CR-Vs and 2005-2008 Elements. The software that needs updating controls the automatic secondary shaft bearing. Affected cars can be damaged if the transmission is quickly shifted between drive,…
At what age can a child be held responsible for negligence in Virginia? This is one of the first issues that I, as a personal injury lawyer in Virginia Beach, VA, thought when I read that a 7-year old had been struck and killed by a car on Lynnhaven Parkway.The answer is that children between…
What can a parent do if their child is killed or injured while a passenger in another teen’s car? File a claim against the driver’s insurance policy.
Pilots for Air France Flight 447 made several mistakes that prevented them from pulling the plane out of its fatal dive into the Atlantic Ocean, officials from France’s air investigative authority, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses, concluded in a report published in late July 2011. According to a summary published in the Los Angeles Times, crew members in…
A triathlete who suffered life-threatening and paralyzing injuries in a 2009 truck accident has returned to competition and won two of the races he’s entered during the summerof 2011. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the man, who now lives in Virginia Beach, VA, and continues his Navy career as a recruiter, almost died after being hit while…