Continued SUA Complaints Hound Toyota

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood

NHTSA is now aware of many sudden unintended acceleration SUA complaints being lodged by consumers of Toyota vehicles.  What's new right?  Well, despite Toyota's reassurances to Congress last week, the vehicles cited in these new complaints are ones that have already been fixed pursuant to the recommended recall.  Is the recall fix not working?  Is it being performed incorrectly?  Stay tuned as we bring you the latest on Toyota's sudden acceleration saga.  The Wall Street Journal has more in depth here (subscription required).

Attorneys at the Law Office of D. Hardison Wood are currently investigating a number of SUA complaints in Toyota vehicles.  If you or a loved one has been affected by a sudden acceleration, please feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience.

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MADD CEO tapped to head NHTSA

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood

President Obama has asked Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) CEO, Charles Hurley to be the next administrator of NHTSA. The White House said that in addition to is work on drunk driving issues, Hurley has also an extensive background working on air bag, seat belt teen driving and child passenger safety  issues. All of which are very near and dear to our law firm. We focus on all areas of products liability, including child safety, air bag non deployment, car fires, roof crush, roll overs, and more.

The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has already is looking to the new administrator and NHTSA to address roof crush issues sooner rather than later.

The current roof standard has been in place since 1973, before SUVs were a common mode of consumer transportation. The roof crush standard addresses the safety of vehicles’ roofs to withstand pressure when involved in rollover accidents.

NHTSA was required to deliver a roof crush standard to Congress by July 1, 2008, but was ordered by Congress to strengthen their proposed rule because it did not significantly reduce loss of life and prevent injury.  NHTSA asked for an extension until December 15, 2008, and then revised the date for issuing the final rule to April 30, 2009.

 

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