defective auto

A woman was injured in a motorcycle accident in New York after the motorcycle she was riding crashed with a pickup truck on Route 611 in Tannersville, the Pocono Record reports. The injured victim was airlifted to the hospital because of the extent of her injuries. She was reportedly wearing a helmet. Police are still trying to determine the cause of this injury motorcycle accident. In any New York auto accident o [...]

All manufacturers have a legal responsibility to design, create, and sell products that are free of defects and safe for consumers to use. Unfortunately, manufacturers can sometimes overlook safety regulations or rush the manufacturing or testing process. As a consequence, products that can cause consumers injury manage to find their way into homes in Phoenix. However, as a consumer [...]

Several families of victims killed at a Washington County, PA intersection during the past two years are suing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The lawsuits claim that the agency knew since 1994 that the intersection was dangerous and were negligent regarding its design, construction, and maintenance. According to this article, there were 90 accidents reported to the police at the intersection of st [...]

Three men in their twenties, all from Philadelphia, were killed on June 25, 2010 when the vehicle in which they were traveling went off the Atlantic City Expressway in NJ and hit several trees, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The three men were killed after their vehicle went out of control on the expressway. It left the roadway and struck trees in the center median. The three men were pronounced dead a [...]

According to Pennsylvania State Police, 10 people were killed and 361 were injured in 712 crashes investigated by troopers across PA over the four-day Fourth of July travel period. The Patriot-News, reported that 72 of the crashes were alcohol-related, including three of the fatal crashes. Over the four days, troopers arrested 339 persons for driving under the influence. In 2009, 9 people died over the three-day F [...]

On June 13, a limousine filled with passengers was struck by another vehicle along Church Road in New Hanover, PA. According to this article in the Delaware County Times, eight people were taken to hospitals because of injuries. The article reported that when police arrived on the scene on the 3300 block of Church Road, each driver was still trapped inside their vehicles. Sean Lawrence, 25, was driving his 1988 [...]

Thomas Patrick Brandon was making a delivery to the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania on the morning of April 13, 2009 when his delivery truck crashed into a car stopped for a traffic light on Route 202. According to this article in the Delaware County Times, it caused the car to burst into flames, killing its driver, Daniel Lopez, of Phoenixville. Brandon, 48, of Penndel, Bucks County, will begin an 11½- to [...]

As the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia is ranked at number six for the most densely inhabited city in the U.S. The city proper had a population of over approximately 1.54 million in 2008 and the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan region had about 5.8 million, making it the fifth largest in the country. Often referred to as “Philly” and sometimes “The City of Brotherly Love,” Philadelp [...]