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Pennsylvania couple remembered fondly after fatal motorcycle accident

Posted on: September 1, 2015. Category: Motorcycle Accidents

Sometimes people adopt driving habits that save a few seconds here and there, and work perfectly well virtually every time. They might coast through stop signs near their homes, sure that they know how often cars and pedestrians go through those intersections. Or they might give a highway a quick glance before turning onto it, certain that the road is almost always empty.

Unfortunately, those drivers are often unprepared for exceptions...

Driverless utopia? Not so fast

Posted on: August 1, 2015. Category: Drunk Driving Accidents

Computers don't smoke marijuana. They don't text their friends either. Nor do they get sleepy, experience road rage or go out drinking and causing car accidents. Those are some of the reasons why researchers from a variety of technology companies, carmakers, universities, governments and other entities are racing to develop driverless...

Investigation: Trucker fatigue main cause of Tracy Morgan crash

Posted on: August 1, 2015. Category: Truck Accidents

Pittsburgh fans of comedian Tracy Morgan breathed a sigh of relief when the "30 Rock" star survived a truck crash a year ago. But the accident took a heavy toll: Tracy was critically injured and fellow comedian James McNair was killed.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said truck driver fatigue was the main cause of the accident. The Walmart trucker had been awake for more than 28 hours at the time of the wreck on the...

GM Recalls Hummer Models due to Potential Burn Injury

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

On Wednesday, July 8, General Motors (GM) announced that they are recalling Hummer SUV models due to an overheating fan. The defective fan has caused three people to be burned already. The recall affects nearly 200,000 Hummer models. This includes the 2006- 2010 Hummer H3 and 2009 and 2010 H3T models.

The part that controls the heating...

IKEA Begins Nationwide Repair Program to Fix Tip-Over Hazard in Dressers after Two Children Died

Posted on: July 1, 2015. Category: Product Liability

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) along with IKEA North America, have begun a repair program that will fix the tip-over hazard in IKEA chests and dressers. Two children died after dressers tipped over on them.

The models include their...

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