General Motors is going to modify its Chevrolet Volt plug-in car to eliminate the possibility that its batteries can catch on fire hours or days after a serious side-impact crash. GM says it was a “customer satisfaction” action and would not be considered a recall. It turns out that battery coolant could leak on an…
Honda announced in December 2011 that it is expanding, for the fourth time, an air bag recall because of too-powerful air bag inflators that could hurt or kill drivers by, in effect, blowing shrapnel into their chests. The initial recall was announced in the U.S. in November 2008. The recent action involves about 873,000 vehicles…
A fiery car accident near Orlando on November 16th left one person dead and two others seriously injured. The four-car crash occurred on Interstate 4 in Lake Mary when an SUV, driven by 31-year-old Chemwapuwa Jackson, rear-ended a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which then burst into flames. The male passenger in the Jeep was burned and…
As long as there have been airbags, there has been airbag litigation involving cases where airbags have failed to deploy, airbags have inadvertently deployed, and airbags have been poorly designed or manufactured, leading to them being unreasonably dangerous and defective as made. Today, we, as product safety advocates, must now recognize that the next wave…
Truck Driver on Duty for 19 Hours Prior to Pre-dawn Crash Orlando, FL – The Didier Law Firm, P.A. obtained a $3 million dollar verdict late Monday on behalf of the Estate of Julio Rentas, Jr. An 8-member jury for the United States District Court, Middle Division in Jacksonville, FL deliberated for just over two hours…
Trucks are a constant sight on America’s highways. Daily, these behemoths lumber alongside vacationing families, business travelers and people obeying traffic laws trying to get safely from one point to another. Accidents involving commercial trucks (including semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, dump trucks and buses) can be devastating, as well as extremely complicated. And obviously a 3,000 pound…
Orlando, FL – Henry N. Didier, founding and managing partner of the Didier Law Firm, has been named by Florida Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Florida for 2011. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for this esteemed list are made by the research team…
Orlando, FL – P. Alexander Gillen, partner at the Didier Law Firm, has been named by Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in Florida for 2011. Less than five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for this esteemed list are made by the…
Automotive manufacturers concede that a vehicle occupant should not survive a car accident only to burn to death in a fire caused by the undesired release of fuel. Auto safety designers charged with addressing this fundamental fire safety concern have approached the risk of post-crash fuel-fed fires by focusing on the prevention of the release…
Orlando, FL – Henry N. Didier, founder of the Didier Law Firm, an Orlando-based products liability firm, was named as one of FLORIDA TREND’S Florida Legal Elite™ for 2010. This marks the third consecutive year Mr. Didier has received the honor. With 17,860 votes cast, the list recognizes 948 lawyers statewide. According to the magazine, this year’s Florida Legal Elite™ list represents…