Over the last few decades, automobiles in the United States, including Missouri, routinely become safer. Drivers and passengers alike can attribute the feeling of security they have, while inside of motor vehicles, to inventions, such as anti-lock brakes, crash cages,...
Auto Product Liability
Additional defective airbags recalled in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, Missouri, victims of defective products should be aware of the rights and legal protections that exist for consumers. Regulators in the U.S. recently reported that another 30,687 airbag inflators were made with an incorrect part that causes the...
Product liability: An overview
The United States is a consumer nation, but not every product is made with the same quality and specification. Sometimes, components of a product fail and sometimes the entire product itself does not perform as expected. These fails lead to thousands of injuries every...
Car defects in Escapes and C-Max Hybrids lead to recall
The list of potential causes of car accidents or injury in motor vehicles is almost unending. In some situations, weather or road conditions may be the culprit. In others, it is driver error or the negligence or recklessness of another driver. And in still other...
New details emerge from GM auto product recall
Americans love to drive. Wide paved roads and planned highway systems allow Kansas City residents to easily commute to work, visit family and friends and run errands. However, car defects unknown to drivers can make everyday driving dangerous or even deadly.General...
Tire defects possible cause of fatal car accident
Many Missourians rely on cars to get to work, run errands, take their children to school and numerous other everyday activities. Show-Me State residents also rely on automobile companies to provide a safe and reliable product.One family recently filed a lawsuit...
Potential auto product liability for Tesla Motors?
Many Missouri residents are aware of the risks of driving. They understand that accidents can happen at any time as a result of weather conditions, driver error or negligence and other circumstances. What many drivers do not regularly think about, however, is the risk...
Seat defect prompts recall of General Motors pickups
There are many things that car makers incorporate into the design and build of an automobile. Many of those things are incorporated to keep the vehicle occupants safe should the automobile be involved in a crash. When there is something wrong with a part of a car that...
Suspension issue prompts Toyota to issue another recall
It is possible that any defective products could be the subject of a recall. That being said, it seems as though hardly a week goes by without an automobile being recalled. Earlier this week another recall was issued. Toyota is recalling certain hybrid crossovers and...
NHTSA announces new car defect rule
Sometimes it seems as if every time one turns around another car is being recalled. On some occasions the recall is due to only a minor car defect. Other times however, the problem is serious and in the worst cases could result in death. With so many recalls out there...