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Woman injured in Texas bus crash files lawsuit

Posted: April 18, 2013 Personal Injury

The first of what may likely be many personal-injury lawsuits has emerged from the crash of a bus in Irving, Texas, April 11 that killed two people on a Texas highway and injured more than 40 others.

Federal and state authorities begin nationwide crackdown on unsafe bus companies

Posted: February 19, 2013 Personal Injury

Police across the county are joining federal authorities in a nationwide effort to root out bus companies with a history of accidents and safety violations. The crackdown comes in response to two deadly tour bus crashes in recent weeks, one

Canadian bus company banned from U.S. after deadly Oregon crash

Posted: January 14, 2013 Personal Injury

The Canadian tour company whose bus tumbled off an Oregon highway December 30, killing nine passengers and injuring 26 others, has been deemed an “imminent hazard to public safety” and banned from operating in the U.S. by federal regulators.

South Korean students injured in Oregon bus crash sue tour company

Posted: January 13, 2013 Personal Injury

A couple of South Korean exchange students who survived a bus crash that killed nine other people in Oregon December 30 are suing the Canadian tour company for their injuries.

Could traumatic brain injury explain soldier’s killing spree?

Posted: March 19, 2012 Personal Injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have played a role in one U.S. soldier’s unprovoked massacre of 16 Afghan citizens early Sunday morning, according to numerous reports of the horrific incident coming out of the Middle East.

Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles for safety repairs

Posted: March 8, 2012 Consumer Fraud

Toyota announced Wednesday that it will begin recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles next month to repair potential safety problems.

Toyota Tundras recalled for electronic tire pressure monitor flaw

Posted: May 19, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Toyota announced Wednesday it is recalling more than 1,600 of its full-size Tundra pickup trucks for problems related to its tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Like most Toyota vehicles, the trucks are equipped with an electronic tire pressure monitoring system

Soldiers living with TBI and PTSD simultaneously live in a state of internal warfare

Posted: March 23, 2011 Personal Injury

NPR and Propublica have led the media coverage of the devastating impact traumatic brain injuries are having on American troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, they profiled an Iraq war veteran whose story illuminates the dark journey thousands of

Deaths linked to sudden acceleration climb to 89

Posted: June 16, 2010 Consumer Fraud

Federal transportation officials now say that 89 deaths have been linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles since 2000, up from 52 reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in March.

Toyota investigates new sudden acceleration crash in Wisconsin

Posted: March 31, 2010 Consumer Fraud

Toyota has launched an investigation into a new report of sudden unintended acceleration involving a 2009 Camry. The car’s driver, Myrna Marseilles, 76, of Wisconsin, said that she was parking her car at the YMCA in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. when