Month: June 2019

Many product liability lawsuits related to automobiles center around design or manufacturing defects that make a car dangerous to operate or unreliable in a crash. A good example is the Takata air bag recall that impacted millions of vehicles made by dozens of auto...

It takes just a short while to drive southeast of Edwardsville to get to Aviston. The small Clinton County village is today mourning the loss of one of its residents.According to news reports, the 52-year-old man was killed in a violent three-vehicle interstate crash...

Ride-sharing services are becoming an ever-larger part of the urban experience in Illinois and across the country. The nation’s two largest companies, Uber and Lyft, are now household names. And the business model of hiring regular car owners to drive commercially in...

“We won’t be ready by Jan. 1, 2020.”So says Sgt. Brian Cluever, a police officer and traffic safety director in one Illinois community. Cluever laments how “incredibly unprepared” state law enforcers are – and will still be in upcoming months – concerned an oft-cited...

The material facts that underlie every motor vehicle accident are flatly unique. Notably, though, one key factor commonly exists that both figuratively and literally drives crashes and other adverse roadway outcomes.That is third-party negligence marked by the...