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Mandelbaum Barrett PC

How Can Defective Product Liability Apply to Automotive Parts in New Jersey?

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When your car’s brakes fail on a busy New Jersey highway or your airbag doesn’t deploy during a collision, a defective automotive part may have caused your injuries rather than driver error. In these cases, defective product...more

Stark & Stark

Tesla Faces Legal Battles Over Vehicle Fires and Autopilot-Related Fatalities

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Tesla Inc., a leading innovator in electric vehicles, is under increasing legal scrutiny as two major product liability cases bring safety concerns about its cars into sharp focus. These lawsuits highlight alleged design...more

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Ninth Circuit Seeks New York Court of Appeals’ Guidance on Auto Manufacturer Liability for Vehicle Theft

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A recent order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has brought a somewhat novel legal question to the forefront: Do automobile manufacturers owe municipalities a duty of reasonable care in designing, manufacturing, and...more

Marshall Dennehey

NY Court Reversed Denial of Summary Judgment to Vehicle Manufacturer/Distributor, Finding They Made Prima Facie Case Showing They...

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Caceres v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc. --N.Y.S. 3d ---(N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dept. 2023) - The plaintiff brought a personal injury action against a vehicle dealership, a manufacturer and a distributor based on injuries...more

White & Case LLP

Connected cars merge with payment technology

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As connected cars proliferate, auto, tech and financial companies will form alliances that raise familiar legal issues in new contexts - An estimated 125 million connected passenger cars are expected to ship worldwide by...more

Jones Day

Arizona County Attorney Finds Uber Not Criminally Responsible In Autonomous Vehicle Crash

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A year after the first pedestrian was killed in a collision with an autonomous vehicle, an Arizona county attorney has determined that the company operating and testing the vehicle in autonomous mode is not criminally liable....more

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