Plaintiff Law Firms Charge Ahead Despite Toyota Report
n what has widely been considered a rebuke to plaintiff law firms taking on Toyota for personal injury and economic claims resulting from the company’s unintended acceleration problems, a... Read More
Toyota Launches Safety Institute to Reduce Car Accidents, Boost Sales
In 2010, Toyota was the only major auto brand to post reduced sales in the American marketplace, due largely to the company’s failing safety record following a string of... Read More
Judge Will Hear Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against Toyota
For the past few months, public opinion concerning the Toyota unintended acceleration lawsuits has largely favored the Japanese auto giant. But last week, a federal judge declined to dismiss... Read More
Toyota Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles for Potential Safety Defects
Regardless of how you feel about Toyota, the embattled auto giant that has recently recalled nearly 9 million vehicles worldwide, the company can be credited taking the crisis and... Read More
Staged Accidents & Fake Insurance Claims Hurt the Little Guy, Too
Time and time again, plaintiffs trying to get what they deserve from negligent companies run into an unexpected obstacle. Not the team of lawyers hired to defend giant corporations... Read More
Toyota Could Face More Liability on Prius & ‘Delayed Discovery’
Last week a group of Toyota supporters and anti-attorney advocates celebrated when the Wall Street Journal reported that early findings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that... Read More
Toyota Plaintiffs Face Key Legal Obstacle in Unintended Acceleration Suits
Last week, I pushed back against the assertions that Toyota plaintiffs will be disappointed by the fate of their lawsuits against the Japanese automaker that has recalled nearly 9... Read More
Do Past Unintended Acceleration Suits Mean Anything for Toyota?
A front-page story in the San Francisco Daily Journal yesterday predicted that plaintiffs filing lawsuits against Toyota based on unintended acceleration problems could be disappointed by the results. The... Read More
Congress Uses Carrot, Not Stick, For Auto Safety Overhaul
Reacting to the growing public denunciation of distracted driving and consumer distrust of the auto industry following Toyota's massive worldwide safety recall, an auto safety overhaul is moving rapidly... Read More
Citing Fires, General Motors Recalls 1.5 Million Cars
Your car's definitely not supposed to catch on fire. Recognizing this, General Motors has announced a recall of nearly 1.5 million trucks and SUVs over windshield wiper fluid that... Read More
Chrysler Recalls 600,000 Vehicles to Address Fire and Brake Safety
Chrysler announced today that it will recall more than 600,000 vehicles for safety problems in the brakes and wiring of popular Jeep and Dodge models. The company will recall... Read More
Toyota Update: California State Cases Consolidated
Toyota managed to survive the last week of May without being threatened with any multi-million dollar fines. That's likely because the embattled Japanese auto company already paid the Department... Read More
Congress Slams Toyota on Transparency, Safety Progress
Congress has made clear that it intends to launch a safety overhaul for the country's fledgling auto industry. And despite years of heightened safety complaints and automobile recalls, Detroit,... Read More
Ford Wins, Toyota Loses in New Safety Survey
A national survey conducted by Consumer Reports and the National Research Center found that Americans' faith in the quality and safety of Toyota vehicles has evaporated, while confidence in... Read More
Judge Announces California-Centric Toyota Plaintiff’s Attorneys
Ever since it became clear that Toyota lawsuits would be consolidated in federal court, personal injury plaintiff’s lawyers have been vying for the opportunity to take on the embattled... Read More
This Week in Automobile Industry Recalls (With Rap Video)
The country's top auto safety regulator put his rubber stamp on legislation introduced in congress this week that would increase the power of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration... Read More
Congress Pushes for Auto Safety Overhaul: Will Detroit Fight Back?
Until recently, Toyota has done everything it can to minimize the impact of its embarrassing string of safety violations and product recalls by admitting fault and forking over government... Read More
Toyota Sequoia Added to Recall Blitz
Toyota's in damage control mode. Feeling the backlash from their delayed recall of on vehicles with faulty brakes, the company now seems to be pulling any model with... Read More
Toyota Will Recall Unsafe Lexus SUV, But Remains Rich
After a year of devastating PR stories that included unintended acceleration due to faulty car mats, delayed corporate reaction to potential recalls, and an additional forthcoming Lexus GX 460... Read More