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• FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots

  Recent events surrounding the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 16 minutes and 150 miles, has raised questions about pilot responsibility in the cockpit (Lowy, AP for FindLaw, 10/28). Fortunately, the…

• Recalls: Off-road Utility Vehicles

  Just under 4,000 off-road utility vehicles have been recalled due to the threat of unprompted acceleration (AP for FindLaw, 10/21). The vehicles are manufactured by Bad Boy Enterprises of Natchez, Mississippi and were recalled in…

• Nissan Recalling 143,000 Vehicles Vulnerable to Road Salt

  Christopher Jensen reports, “Nissan and Infiniti have issued a geographic recall of about 143,000 vehicles in cold-weather states because road salt could cause corrosion that could cause the tire-pressure monitors to malfunction” (New York Times…

• Highway Deaths at Record Low in first half of 2009

  Ken Thomas reported, “the government says deaths on U.S. highways have dropped to a record low during the first six months of 2009,” which is a continuation of a recent trend (AP for FindLaw, 10/9).…

• Toyota issues huge recall over accelerator risk

  Ken Thomas reports on the California traffic accident that ended fatally for passengers of a Lexus ES350 in August, which led “Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday [September 29] to issue its largest-ever U.S. recall, involving…

• Sorting Out Differences in Helmet Standards

  As a personal injury lawyer, I fully support clarifying helmet standards, as discussed in a recent New York Times article. Dexter Ford reports, “the surest way for motorcycle riders to avoid joining the rapidly growing…

• Toyota Orders Inspections after a Deadly Crash in Southern California

  Toyota said recently, “it will order all dealers to inspect their cars for mismatched floor mats after a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash…

• Volvo Recalls Cars for Fuel Pump Problem

  Christopher Jensen recently reported, “Volvo is recalling almost 12,000 vehicles because a computer problem involving the fuel pump, [which] could allow the vehicles to stall. The affected vehicles are the 2008-2010 S80, the 2009-2010 XC60…

• FAA orders replacement of Airbus airspeed sensors

  Joan Lowy reports, “federal safety officials are ordering the replacement of Airbus airspeed sensors” (AP for FindLaw, 9/3). These sensors are the kind suspected of causing the fatal crashes of Air France Flight 447 and…

• Chrysler Reverses Stance on Product Liability

  Christopher Jensen reports, “when Chrysler went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year, the court granted an important request to prevent current owners from suing the new company if they were injured by a…