More vehicles are being recalled because of potentially defective Takata air bags. The most recent announcement comes from Daimler AG. It stated in a press release on February 10, 2016, that it would be recalling about 840,000 Mercedes-Benz and other vehicles because of certain Takata…
A family that previously settled claims with Takata wants to reopen their air bag lawsuit. According to Bloomberg, the family settled a previous wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million, but because Takata didn’t disclose that they had manipulated test results before the settlement, they are…
At the January 12, 2016 World Congress meeting in Detroit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Administrator, Mark Rosekind, indicated that “history making” announcements would be forthcoming regarding future steps the administration and the auto industry plan to take to inc
How much did Takata know about its defective air bags before it started to recall and repair them? That remains an important question for investigators and plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against the company. A recent New York Times report indicates that Takata employees were…
Mazda has announced another Takata air bag recall, this time affecting nearly 375,000 vehicles. According to the Mazda website, the company is expanding a previous recall to include all 2003-2008 MY Mazda6 vehicles, all 2006-2007 MY Mazdaspeed 6 vehicles, and all 2004 RX8 vehicles nationwide.…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen, after the company was found to have violated the Clean Air Act. The case was filed on January 4, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The…
About 16 years ago, Montana man Richard Barber lost his 9-year-old son, Gus, after his Remington 700 accidentally fired without the trigger being pulled. Barber later settled a lawsuit against Remington, but went on to speak in public about a defective triggering mechanism in the…
Another federally filed Bard IVC filter lawsuit is likely to be headed to the District of Arizona, where all Bard IVC filter lawsuits were centralized in August of 2015. This time, the case was filed by a Mississippi man who brings claims against Bard IVC…
High impact law firm continues to grow presence in heavy-industry area of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia (Pittsburgh, PA & New York City) Jan 26, 2016, Chaffin Luhana LLP, a plaintiff-only national law firm with offices in New York City, Pittsburgh and West Virginia that…
The FDA first approved Xarelto (rivaroxaban) on July 1, 2011. A few months later, Thomas M. Burton, writing for the Wall Street Journal, noted that though the drug had been approved, it was despite the fact that FDA staff had found flaws in the clinical…
The testosterone replacement therapy MDL has been in progress since June 2014. Both sides have been engaged in pre-trial proceedings like discovery and coordination efforts with state courts. So far, the MDL court has determined that all potential bellwether trials must involve the product AndroGel,
Takata air bag recalls just continue to get more complicated. In a recent article in AutoNews, one vehicle owner received a notice saying he needed air bag repairs, but five months later, the parts for his Toyota were still allegedly unavailable. He continues to drive…
