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This summer, Chrysler plans on fixing over 355,000 minivans. They are quick to point out that this is not a "recall" in the vein of the recent Honda and Toyota recalls. Chrysler claims that even with this new problem with the airbags, their vehicles still meet the federal standard for safety. In addition, no personal injuries due to defective airbags in New York or throughout the U.S. have been reported at this tim [...]

As every New Yorker knows, winter driving presents a whole list of challenges that don't occur during the summer. Snow, ice, freezing rain, and other inclement weather can turn an ordinary commute into a skating rink – only without the fun. To help protect you and your loved ones while you're traveling this holiday season, consider the following safe winter driving tips. Give your vehicle a safety once-over. Ha [...]

According to Gazette.net, drunk driving arrests in Maryland have shown a steady decline since the beginning of what has come to be known as the Great Recession in 2007. Since that time, arrests for driving under the influence (DUI) have decreased by the thousands, which some experts attribute to a variety of causes, including economic worries that prevent people from spending money on excess amounts of alcohol. Var [...]

Jize Ma, 18, an exchange student at Merrimack College from Dalian, Liaoning Province, China was killed Sunday night after he was struck by a vehicle while walking with a friend on Route 114 in North Andover. The Eagle Tribune has reported that Ma and his friend were walking along 114 East near Stop & Shop and the Jasmine Plaza when Ma was hit by an unidentified driver from Andover. Ma was rushed to an area ho [...]

The Boston Globe is reporting today that a teenage male died this morning in a single-vehicle crash on Route 140 North in New Bedford. The accident was described as a rollover accident and happened during the morning commute around 7:30 a.m. The unidentified teen was declared dead at the scene of the accident, while two other unnamed individuals in the car were rushed to an area hospital for medical treatment. It [...]

pAs a consumer, I am quite frankly annoyed every time I get an insurance bill with an increase in premium. I am even more aggravated in my capacity as a a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/catastrophic-injuries.html"catastrophic injury lawyer/a when a sterling client with no prior claims history has a legitimate catastrophic injury claim involving absolute liability and is unfairly denied benefits that are clearly [...]

I don’t know how many times people come into our office after a catastrophic car accident or truck accident and tell us that they have purchased full insurance coverage. Now more than ever, insurance companies continued to delay, deny, and defend claims and offer what I consider to be almost worthless insurance policies that were never fully explained to the policyholder at the time of purchase. More and more in [...]

Over the past few years as an experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyer and philadelphia trucking accident attorney, during the discovery phase of several catastrophic car accident and truck accident cases, we were able to note that the offending driver was texting at the time of the accident. Several of these texting “just once” events resulted in fatalities to other innocent and unknowing drivers. Textin [...]

With the number of trucking accidents increasing due to truck driver errors, as well as positive testing for drugs and alcohol, one trucking company has decided to screen all new applicants for drugs via hair samples in an attempt to reduce new truck driver accidents within the first crucial months of employment. Many truck drivers are randomly screened with urinalysis and are schooled to understand that there are [...]

As an experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney, I was surprised to review data findings of a Philadelphia based automotive safety research project which concluded that children were half as likely to be injured in a car accident with their grandparents rather than their parents were driving. As one who spends quite a bit of time on the highways and streets and has been a practicing car accident attorney fo [...]