The number of defective car recalls has increased since congressional investigations were launched into the decision of General Motors to delay a recall for a decade.
The New York Times reports that the decision of regulators to fine GM about $35 million has prompted a wave of product recalls from other manufacturers.
The lawsuit was the subject of a Supreme Court of California ruling earlier this spring which created liability for certain social hosts who serve underage minors.
Authorities say that a truck hit a highway median while attempting to pass a slower-moving car last Wednesday morning on Interstate 10.
NHTSA officials say that removing the cars from the road is unnecessary because the automaker has told drivers to only operate their vehicles with their key removed from their key rings.
The company says that it has voluntarily issued a recall of its INRatio®2 PT/INR Professional Test Strips (PN 99008G2).
Forbes reports that some patients who have therapeutic or near-therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) readings have reported experiencing significantly INR readings when their results are double-checked in a laboratory.
Rideshare company Uber recently filed a response in the Sofia Liu wrongful death case.
A wrongful death claim was filed against the company by San Francisco lawyer Chris Dolan on behalf of the family of Sofia Liu, a 6-year-old girl who was killed on New Year’s Eve when she and her family were run over by a Uber driver named Syed Muzzafar.
The automaker recently announced that it was losing Jim Federico, its senior engineer in charge of global vehicle integration.
One GM spokesman told reporters that Federico’s departure was voluntary and unrelated to the recent scandal surrounding the carmaker’s failure to recall cars with faulty ignition switches.
CNNMoney reports that about a third of recalled cars are never brought to dealers. Some consumers minimize the risks associated with a car defect, others can’t give up their cars for the repairs to be made, and even more consumers simply assume that the recall notices are junk mail.
GM is seeking protection from a wave of lawsuits surrounding ignition switch problems in vehicles that it sold but failed to recall.
At least 13 deaths have been linked to the defective ignition switches and there is evidence that the company knew of the problems up to 10 years before it finally issued a recall.
Authorities say that Virgilio Aquino Jr. crashed into the bus stop at Mission Street and Silver Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Friday night.
ABC News San Francisco reports that Aquino also hit a 42-year-old woman. She was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition. Aquino was also taken to the hospital and was treated for serious personal injuries.