Motor Vehicle Accidents

Despite an overall drop in traffic fatalities nationwide, the number of deaths in crashes involving at least one large truck were largely unchanged from 2018 to 2019, according to a new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s 2019 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). According to the FARS…

With #MemorialDay weekend coming up, many people and their families will be hitting the roads for summer getaways. Here are a few tips from AAA and Michelin on how to stay safe on the roads this Memorial Day.

A CamTran bus hit a five-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle on Wednesday afternoon. The boy unexpectedly rushed out of an alley in the Moxham section of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania into the path of the bus. He sustained multiple injuries, which comprised of fractures to his skull, the vertebrae in…

A chain-reaction crash on Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway involved 35 cars and sent seven individuals to the hospital with minor to severe injuries. The pileup crash, which occurred around 10:15 p.m. on the express lane, was finally cleared around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. First responders were tasked with clearing the scene of the accident, which…

Per a USA Today article, in early October, there was a global recall issued for the Toyota Prius due to a dangerous brake defect. The story in USA Today revealed that Toyota had to recall over 300,000 2016 and 2017 Prius sedans, including 92,000 in the US and more than 200,000 in Japan. Models…

According to The Wall Street Journal, there have been at least five injuries and three deaths linked to possibly defective airbags and seatbelts in Fiat Chrysler vehicles. This has led to Fiat Chrysler issuing a worldwide recall that includes 1.9 million automobiles. What’s the Problem with the Airbags and Seatbelts in…

There are still a lot of questions left to answer after a NJ Transit bus crash that happened in Newark in late October. Reportedly, a driver involved in the wreck did not have a driver license. Leading up to the incident, a 19-year-old man was driving a Honda Accord on Market Street…

If you have suffered injuries in a Pennsylvania auto accident, and the accident was the fault of a negligent driver, you have the right to bring a personal injury lawsuit against that driver. You can claim damages for lost wages, pain and suffering, medical expenses and other losses. There is…

After a serious car accident, an injured person can generally recover damages from a negligent driver who caused the crash. But what if the injured person was partly at fault? Can they still make a claim for personal injury damages? Under Pennsylvania law, the answer is yes, as long as…

A motor vehicle accident is an extraordinarily stressful event for most people. When you are injured, pain, stress and shock can combine to make you feel confused, upset and angry. Yet it is important to remain as level-headed as possible right after the crash. This post will discuss some of…