Legal News & Consumer Rights

New Mexico Files Lawsuit Against Volkswagen for Emissions Scandal

New Mexico has joined the increasing number of plaintiffs suing Volkswagen (VW) over their alleged deliberate deception where toxic air emissions are concerned. According to the New York Times, the state may be the first to actually file a lawsuit against the automaker for cheating…

By Steven Cohn

/ 7 Mar 2016

NHTSA Announces New Safety Initiatives, Including a Push for Driverless Cars

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

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 3 Mar 2016

Did Takata Manipulate Air Bag Testing Data?

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…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 2 Mar 2016

South Dakota Woman Suffers with Bard IVC Filter Still Inside Her

On January 12, 2016, a South Dakota woman filed a new Bard IVC filter lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of South Dakota. As all federally filed Bard IVC lawsuits were centralized in the District of Arizona last August, this case…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 1 Mar 2016

California Rejects VW Plans for Recall Repairs, Continues Investigation

Back in December 2015, Volkswagen (VW) submitted its plan for repairing the “defeat devices” on its diesel vehicles to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The plan addressed repairs only on the 2.0L diesel engines—plans for the 3.0L engines…

By Steven Cohn

/ 25 Feb 2016

Mazda Announces Air Bag Recall Expansion, to Include Mazda6 Vehicles

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.…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 19 Feb 2016

U.S. DOJ Files Lawsuit Against VW, Seeks Billions in Damages

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…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 18 Feb 2016

NHTSA Reports on Air Bag Repairs; Ninth Rupture-Related Death Confirmed

How are Takata air bag recalls going? For months there were delays. Consumers received notifications that their vehicles needed repairs, but when they called their dealerships, they were told that the parts hadn’t arrived yet. Now, things are picking up, at least according to the…

By Steven Cohn

/ 16 Feb 2016

GSK Tries to Wriggle Out of Over 200 Zofran Lawsuits

Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) wants the court to dismiss hundreds of Zofran birth defect lawsuits. Though a number of studies have linked Zofran (ondansetron), when taking by expectant moms, to an increased risk of birth defects, the company maintains that there is insufficient evidence

By Kendra Goldhirsch

/ 15 Feb 2016

Georgia Man Suffers Brain Hemorrhage After Taking Xarelto

On January 9, 2016, another Xarelto lawsuit joined the consolidated litigation in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The MDL was sent there in December 2014. This time, the plaintiff, a resident of Georgia, brings claims against Xarelto manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals, parent company Johnson &

By Roopal Luhana

/ 11 Feb 2016

Montana Man Sees Remington Recall Agreement as Worth Years of Fighting

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…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 10 Feb 2016

Bard Eclipse IVC Filter Perforates Vein and Threatens Heart

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…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 4 Feb 2016