Category: Traffic Accident Articles

EWJ Legal Settles Lawsuit Involving Fatal Collision Caused by Garbage Truck for $4.25 Million

Daniel Jeck and Joshua Schwartz recently settled a case at mediation for $4.25 million against a trash hauling company and its parent corporation arising from a fatal automobile accident in which our client’s wife collided into the rear of defendants’ 66,000 lb. garbage truck that had just broken down on a highway. Our client’s wife succumbed...

Tesla Autopilot: Does It Make Vehicles Safer… Or Not?

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It seems like not a week passes without manufacturers and CEOs like Elon Musk saying how fully self-driving cars are just around the corner and are safer than human-operated vehicles. Nor are reports about such self-driving vehicles that uncommon. A post exposé is calling into question whether Autopilot is actually safer… or not. This is an issu...

Toyota Accused of Prioritizing Profit Over Lives

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Imagine driving down the highway at 60 miles per hour when you suddenly need to hit the brakes ─ but the brakes don’t work. This is the problem many Toyota drivers are reporting, according to a Southern Toyota dealer who has filed a defect petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA has opened a review...