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February 10, 2021

Seatback Failures

Front occupant seatbacks play a vital safety role in rear-end crashes, similar to the purpose of airbags and seatbelts in frontal impacts. In a rear impact, a front seat should be designed to absorb energy and contain the occupant in the front seating space. Weak, defective front seats can fail, collapse and cause front occupants […]

Seatback Failures

Defective Passenger Presence System Causes Airbag Non-Deployment

A vehicle’s Passenger Presence System “PPS” is used to monitor the type of occupant that is sitting in the front passenger seat to determine whether to enable or suppress the deployment of the front passenger airbag. The PPS is designed to reduce injuries to smaller occupants from the deployment of airbags by utilizing sensors in […]

Fire Propagation Defects in Survivable Crashes

Fuel system design is critical to preventing fuel-fed fires during a car crash. A vehicle should be designed so that a fire outside of it should not have a ready pathway to enter the occupant compartment. However, auto manufacturers commonly create pathways by running wiring through the firewall of the engine compartment or creating holes […]

Passenger and Cargo Vans Prone to Deadly Rollover Crashes

Auto manufacturers have known for decades that 12- and 15- passenger vans are dangerous because of their inherent instability, leading to loss of control and a propensity to roll over. These roll-overs are often tragically fatal. Yet, automakers have continued to market these dangerous vans nationwide and in Arizona to church groups, athletic organizations, schools […]

Arizona Appellate Updates

Arizona Appellate Updates 2020

Arizona New Law – Courthouse Doors Open For Child Abuse Victims Over Age Of 30 For Limited Time, December 31, 2020.

Under Arizona’s new childhood sexual abuse law, even victims who are more than 30-years old may file a lawsuit BUT ONLY THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020! In Arizona, prior to May 2019, the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse was generally limited to two years from the child’s 18th birthday. In other words, an abused […]

The Insurance Industry Quick-Hit Settlement

If you’ve been in a collision and it was someone else’s fault, odds are very good that you will hear from the at-fault driver’s insurance company as soon as possible. It’s a tactic that is happening more and more in Arizona. This is done for a variety of reasons: (1) the insurance company would like […]

Better Health Care Provided to AZ Workers

Recent reports indicate Arizona is one of the best employers concerning employee health benefits to workers. Workers in Arizona pay a smaller share of their overall bill compared to the majority of state workers anywhere else in the country. According to analysts, Arizona regularly conducts surveys to compare their benefits on the national stage. The […]

Allstate Taking $50,000 Bad Faith Claim to Supreme Court

An interesting case has taken place in Pennsylvania, where an individual transferred his rights in a bad faith claim against an insurance company to another individual. As the claim was against Allstate, it is fighting accountability, saying that the allowance for bad faith claims to be assigned in such manner has the potential to create windfalls for […]

Self-Representation in Insurance Cases is a Rough Road

One Portland woman is finding out, in the most difficult possible way, how hard it can be fighting for life insurance benefits without representation. Jennifer Neumeyer, whose husband passed away due to pancreatic cancer back in 2011, found out only after his passing that his life insurance policy had been cancelled earlier when they had […]

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