Laws/Cases |
Texas Jury Clears GM in verdict over crash blamed on ignition switch |
A Texas jury found on Thursday a GM ignition switch was not to blame for a fatal 2011 crash, according to a company statement. The verdict in Harris County, Texas, was the second in favor of GM this year in lawsuits over the now recalled ignition switch. Plaintiff Zachary Stevens alleged that a defective switch caused him to lose control of his 2007 Saturn Sky and crash into another vehicle, killing the other driver. GM said his reckless driving was at fault. JESSICA DYE, Reuters08/26/2016 |
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Michelin, Takata Win $80M Rollover Crash Suit In Fla. Trial |
A Florida jury on Wednesday afternoon cleared Michelin and Takata in an $80 million suit that alleged a defective tire and seat belt caused catastrophic injuries in a 2009 rollover crash of a Chevrolet Trailblazer. Following a two-month trial, the jury found in favor of Michelin North America Inc. and Takata Corp. in Kiara Dukes' suit claiming that her accident was caused by a defective tire. She had also alleged that her Takata seat belt unlatched and caused her to fly out the car. Emily Field, Law360.com08/26/2016 |
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Texas Drilling Pay Suit's Arbitrability Out Of Court's Hands |
A Texas federal judge on Thursday said an arbitrator — not the courts — should decide whether a drilling worker’s claims he and others were wrongly not paid overtime compensation can be heard as a collective action or if their claims must go forward individually. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake said although Fifth Circuit precedent ordinarily allows courts to make the decision whether collective arbitration is permitted, the language of the employment agreement plaintiff Douglas Langston signed leaves that question up to the arbitrator. Jess Davis, Law360.com08/26/2016 |
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Products |
Dallas Man Says Tesla Crashed While on Autopilot |
A Dallas man says his Tesla Model S crashed while operating in its "autopilot" self-driving mode in Kaufman earlier this month, according to reports. Mark Molthan, 44, was driving on autopilot when it failed to stay in its lane of traffic at a bend and crashed into the guardrail, according to a crash report.He told Bloomberg that he trusted the self-driving system to work and wasn't paying attention as he reached to get a cloth from the glove box to clean the dashboard moments before the incident. Liz Farmer, The Dallas Morning News08/26/2016 |
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A Cheaper Airbag, and Takata’s Road to a Deadly Crisis |
Details of G.M.’s decision-making process almost 20 years ago, which has not been reported previously, suggest that a quest for savings of just a few dollars per airbag compromised a critical safety device, resulting in passenger deaths. The findings also indicate that automakers played a far more active role in the prelude to the crisis: Rather than being the victims of Takata’s missteps, automakers pressed their suppliers to put cost before all else. HIROKO TABUCHI, The New York Times08/26/2016 |
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