NHTSA's 345,000-Vehicle Recall Sweep Opens New PI Exposure Windows
NHTSA's October 5-9 recall sweep covers 345,000-plus vehicles across four campaigns, with remedy-lag windows running three to seven weeks.…
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Auto Accidents
Liability, UM/UIM, MIST defense trends
Telematics and UBI Data in Auto Crash Litigation: A Discovery Playbook
More than 21 million U.S. drivers now share real-time telematics data with their insurers. Here is how plaintiff counsel obtains that data,…
UIM Consent-to-Settle: Timing the Request, Avoiding Waiver, and Protecting the UIM Claim
Underinsured motorist coverage is available only after the at-fault driver's limits are exhausted, and most UIM policies require the insure…
Rideshare Passenger Injury Claims: Period 3 Coverage, TNC Policy Access, and Proving the Active Trip
A rideshare passenger injured in a crash during an active trip has access to the TNC's $1 million liability policy, but proving the trip wa…
NHTSA Recall Case Intake: Five Campaigns, 43,996 Vehicles, One Week
Five NHTSA recall campaigns covering 43,996 vehicles, an $8.5 million Uber verdict, and a jurisdictional split on rideshare arbitration def…
Autonomous Vehicle Crash Claims: OTA Update Liability, Data Preservation, and the Coverage Gap
As SAE Level 3 and 4 vehicles enter the consumer and commercial fleet at scale, crashes involving high-automation systems raise liability a…
Side-Impact Crash Litigation: Proving Liability at the Intersection When the Signal Is in Dispute
T-bone crashes at signalized intersections generate some of the most contested liability disputes in auto litigation. Red-light runners den…
Wrong-Way Driver Crashes: Liability Theories, Evidence, and Insurance Coverage
Wrong-way crashes are almost always catastrophic and almost always solvable on liability. Here is how plaintiff counsel builds the negligen…
Geller v. Uber Kills Rideshare Arbitration Clause in Illinois Wrongful-Death Cases
Geller v. Uber Technologies (Ill. S. Ct., Sept. 24, 2026) eliminates rideshare defendants' arbitration-clause defense in wrongful-death cas…
ADAS Failure in Passenger Cars: Building the Product Defect Claim Alongside Driver Negligence
Advanced driver assistance systems are standard equipment on most new passenger vehicles, and their failure modes are creating a new catego…
Road Rage Crashes: Intentional-Act Exclusions and the Fight for Coverage
When a crash starts as a road rage incident, the at-fault driver's carrier will reach for the intentional-act exclusion and the case can lo…
The Vehicle's Black Box: EDR Evidence and the 2026 Pre-Crash Data Expansion
Every passenger car already carries an event data recorder. Understanding what it captures, how to preserve it, and how the 2026 NHTSA rule…