NHTSA Recall Case Intake: Five Campaigns, 43,996 Vehicles, One Week
Five NHTSA recall campaigns covering 43,996 vehicles, an $8.5 million Uber verdict, and a jurisdictional split on rideshare arbitration def…
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Auto Accidents
Liability, UM/UIM, MIST defense trends
Autonomous Vehicle Crash Claims: OTA Update Liability, Data Preservation, and the Coverage Gap
As SAE Level 3 and 4 vehicles enter the consumer and commercial fleet at scale, crashes involving high-automation systems raise liability a…
Side-Impact Crash Litigation: Proving Liability at the Intersection When the Signal Is in Dispute
T-bone crashes at signalized intersections generate some of the most contested liability disputes in auto litigation. Red-light runners den…
Wrong-Way Driver Crashes: Liability Theories, Evidence, and Insurance Coverage
Wrong-way crashes are almost always catastrophic and almost always solvable on liability. Here is how plaintiff counsel builds the negligen…
Geller v. Uber Kills Rideshare Arbitration Clause in Illinois Wrongful-Death Cases
Geller v. Uber Technologies (Ill. S. Ct., Sept. 24, 2026) eliminates rideshare defendants' arbitration-clause defense in wrongful-death cas…
The Vehicle's Black Box: EDR Evidence and the 2026 Pre-Crash Data Expansion
Every passenger car already carries an event data recorder. Understanding what it captures, how to preserve it, and how the 2026 NHTSA rule…
Road Rage Crashes: Intentional-Act Exclusions and the Fight for Coverage
When a crash starts as a road rage incident, the at-fault driver's carrier will reach for the intentional-act exclusion and the case can lo…
ADAS Failure in Passenger Cars: Building the Product Defect Claim Alongside Driver Negligence
Advanced driver assistance systems are standard equipment on most new passenger vehicles, and their failure modes are creating a new catego…
NHTSA Recall 26V539000 and California SB 371: Auto PI Exposure Briefing
NHTSA Campaign 26V539000, issued September 17, 2026, recalls 300,000-plus GM compact SUVs for rearview camera failure, opening product-defe…
Suing the Government When the Road Caused the Crash
Pothole impacts, drainage washouts, missing signage, and failed sight-line design all generate auto-accident claims against public entities…
Pedestrian Knockdown Cases: Crosswalk Yield Duties, Comparative Fault, and Catastrophic Damages
Pedestrian-vehicle collision cases produce some of the most serious injuries in PI practice and some of the highest comparative fault dispu…
Defeating the MIST Defense: Plaintiff Strategies for Low-Impact Soft-Tissue Cases
Insurance carriers and defense firms deploy the minor impact, soft tissue defense systematically against rear-end and low-speed collision c…