BMW may be the next auto maker in the sights of U.S. safety regulators. Source: The Associated Press, September 28, 2015 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating the company’s Mini brand because it may have been slow to fix cars that didn’t pass federal crash tests. At issue are just over 30,000…
After an 18-month battle with a safety agency, Recaro agreed to a recall of child safety seats. Source: New York Times, September 20, 2015 – The recall seemed to be straightforward enough: Recaro Child Safety needed to fix some of its car seats so that they would not break free during a crash. But the…
Source: International Business Times, September 22, 2015 – Volkswagen says 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide have software designed to fool emissions testers, including 482,000 vehicles in the United States. In the wake of revelations that Volkswagen deceived regulators and car buyers about the high level of polluting emissions from its diesel-powered vehicles, you have two…
Henry “Hank”Didier, founding partner of the Didier Law Firm, has once again been selected to four prestigious top lawyer lists for 2015 – Florida Super Lawyers, “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the National Trial Lawyers Association, “Best Law Firms” as published by the U.S. News and World Report, and “Best Lawyers” as published annually by…
Letters to auto makers including Tesla from U.S. regulators say scope of recalls may expand Faulty Takata air-bag inflaters have been linked to eight deaths world-wide Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2015 – Seven more companies including electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc. could be facing recalls because they use air-bag inflaters made by Takata Corp., according to letters they received…