Issues
Center wants to know if [Honda] witness altered evidence
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By Harry Stoffer
Automotive News / October 03, 2005
Group tries to unseal court files
By Art Campos
The Sacramento Bee
Thursday, September 29, 2005A public interest law firm representing trial lawyers is seeking to unseal a 2002 Placer County judge’s finding that an automaker’s defense expert had destroyed evidence.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Washington, D.C., alleges that the sealed document prevents their clients from challenging the credibility of the expert, who continues to be used as a witness by automakers in other cases.
CAS Testimony Before NY Senate on Crown Victoria Fires
Statement of Clarence M. Ditlow
Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety
On Ford Crown Victoria Fuel Fed Crash Fires
Before the New York State Senate Committee
on Investigations, Taxation, and Government Operations
March 11, 2003
Ford offers Town Car limo owners safety kit
Vehicles share same gasoline tank design as fire-prone Crown Victoria police cruisers.
By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau
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WASHINGTON — In a move that could revive the debate over the Ford to provide fire kits for freeJennifer Dixon Detroit Free Press September 29, 2005
Ford Motor Co., acknowledging for the first time that Lincoln Town Car stretch limousines might be prone to catching fire in high-impact rear collisions, is offering to help retrofit the vehicles to better protect them.
In a letter this month to companies that convert Town Cars into limousines, Ford said it would provide, at no cost, a kit to protect the vehicle’s gas tank from being punctured when rear-ended.
Toyota Sienna Run-Flat Tire Class ActionKEMNITZER, ANDERSON, BARRON & OGILVIE, LLP Mark F. Anderson (SBN 44787) 445 Bush Street, Sixth Floor Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R Ciabattari and all others similarly situated
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALAMEDA COUNTY Mark R Ciabattari, and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., a California corporation; Letter to William Clay Ford, Jr. from Ralph NaderSeptember 7, 2005 William Clay Ford, Jr. Dear Mr. Ford: As you are aware, an ongoing defect investigation of Ford Motor Company New roof rules limit carmaker liabilityWednesday, September 7, 2005
Manufacturers that meet safety standards should be exempt from lawsuits, feds say.
In three recent auto safety proposals, auto safety regulators are proposing to limit manufacturers’ liability from lawsuits if they meet the new federal standards. Critics say it is a dramatic change that may exceed the agency’s legal authority. Massachusetts Used Car Lemon Law90:7N Voiding contracts of sale. |