by Anthony Braaten | Sep 8, 2020 | AUTO AND MOTOR VEHICLE LAW
The operator of the limousine that crashed in upstate New York in October 2018, killing 20 people, had taken measures to evade safety regulations, including repeatedly falsifying the vehicle’s seating capacity and alterations, according to documents released last week...
by Anthony Braaten | Sep 4, 2020 | BIKE LAW
For nearly a decade, the number of bicycle accident deaths declined. However, recent studies show that bicycle accident deaths are increasing. In fact, fatal bike accidents are outpacing all other traffic-related deaths. In other words, it’s a dangerous time to ride a...
by Anthony Braaten | Sep 4, 2020 | MASS TORTS
There was a startling spike in the number of middle school and high school students who reported vaping in 2018 compared to 2017, according to the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a project funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for...
by Anthony Braaten | Sep 2, 2020 | PRODUCT LIABILITY
A Virginia woman got the attention of General Motors and federal regulators after she turned to her local news station to describe how her 2019 Chevy Bolt spontaneously combusted when it was parked and turned off. Hajime Rojas of Fairfax told Washington...
by Anthony Braaten | Sep 1, 2020 | AUTO AND MOTOR VEHICLE LAW
Effective Strategies to Avoid an Auto or Motor Vehicle Accident in New Jersey Every time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle, each of us has a responsibility to protect ourselves, our passengers, other motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists by doing all we can to...